German Amazon workers strike over wages

Posted online December 16, 2013 | 5:49 am

Hundreds of German workers of online retailer Amazon.com are on strike over wages in the busy days leading up to Christmas.

The ver.di union said Monday that several hundred workers were staging one-day warning strikes at Amazon logistics centers in Leipzig, Bad Hersfeld and Graben, according to the Washington Post.

Amazon has about 9,000 full-time employees in Germany. Union members claim the retailer pays them less than others in retail and mail-order jobs receive.

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