Amazon workers in Germany stage strike

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

BERLIN (AP) - Amazon's German workers are staging a short-term strike in a push for higher wages.

The ver.di union said Monday employees in Leipzig are walking off the job in a one-day warning strike.

The union is pushing the online retailer to adopt wage agreements similar to those governing retail and mail-order workers, which include Christmas bonuses and extra pay for working nights, Sundays and holidays. The agreements could mean as much as 9,000 euros ($11,700) more annually for Amazon workers.

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[SunSeeker]

1. Amazon workers should do the same thing here...but won't because they don't have the same support.

In Germany, there is a much higher standard set for employers. And I am sure these workers' demands are considered quite reasonable. In America, the workers would be called greedy and told they are lucky they have jobs. Sad.

[Sunlei]

2. I think here in the usa most are no union or guest workers, who will work for almost nothing

like those guest worker people who work long shifts boil/peal crawdad meat. bet they eat those mud-daubers while they work