Amazon workers in nearly 40 countries plan to protest on Black Fridaywhich is one of the busiest days of the year for electronic commerce.
The employees in United States, United Kingdom, India, Japan, Australia, South Africa and all Europa they demand better wages amid the high cost of living faced around the world. The workers are promoting a campaign they dubbed “Make Amazon Pay” and is being coordinated by a group of unions.
According to Bloomberg, Tension with workers has been a long-standing problem for the e-commerce giant, which has faced allegations of unfair labor practices, as well as employee activism and union campaigns in some departments. For example, this year, workers at a New York warehouse voted to form a union.
“While we are not perfect in any area, if you look objectively at what Amazon is doing on these important issues, you will see that we take our role and our impact very seriously,” David Nieberg, an Amazon spokesman, told international media. The executive defended that the company “will continue to offer competitive wages and great benefits.
The unions of France and Germany they lead coordinated strikes at 18 warehouses and made it clear from the outset that the intention was to disrupt shipments to major European markets.
In the UK, workers associated with the union planned protests outside several warehouses and Demonstrations will be held in more than 10 cities in the United States and outside a New York apartment building, where Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has a property.
Recently, the company decided to lay off regarding 10,000 employees and it is believed that that will also make salary negotiations “tougher” than normal this year.
