Germany Union Urge Amazon's Warehouse Employees To Stage Protest Against Pay

German labor union Verdi urged Amazon.com Inc AMZN warehouse workers to protest across the country during the holiday season, to press the company for higher pay, and to join collective bargaining agreements.
The union kept the timing and location of individual walkouts under wraps.
Amazon faced increased tension with workers, including complaints of unfair labor practices, employee activism, and union drives at some facilities, Bloomberg reports.
There will be walkouts in a total of ten fulfillment centers of Amazon in Achim near Bremen, Bad Hersfeld (two locations), Graben near Augsburg, Dortmund, Koblenz, Leipzig, Rheinberg, Werne, and Winsen (Luhe).
Verdi sought recognition of the sectoral wage agreements in retail and mail order and the conclusion of a wage agreement on good and healthy work.
The walkout is part of the international day of action "Make Amazon Pay," in which trade unions, human rights and environmental organizations, and other initiatives in at least 23 participating countries.
In France and the U.S., the trade unions called on their members to walk out.
Amazon faced multiple unionization initiatives in its U.S. warehouses over its safety conditions and pay.
Amazon recently raised its U.S. average starting pay for front-line staff.
Price Action: AMZN shares traded higher by 0.48% at $88.28 in the premarket on the last check Monday.