December 19, 2014
Strike break in Leipzig.Foto: AP
From the outside, Amazon is on strike, but in his halls of shipping giant works undeterred. On important last Sunday before Christmas, the trade union Verdi puts her recusal – but only temporarily
The union Verdi wants her labor dispute at online retailer Amazon on. Sunday suspend temporarily, but after further strike until Christmas Eve. Add to dispatch centers Bad Hersfeld (Hessen) and Leipzig (Saxony) we had failed in an attempt to take legal action against the planned there Sunday work, said Bernhard Schiederig, Verdi trade expert in Hesse, on Saturday the German Press Agency. He spoke of a “clear breach of the law” by the competent authorities. Verdi, however, reserve the right to do further legal action.
Since Amazon employees have already volunteered to work on the fourth Sunday of Advent, will now take place on that day no strike, said Schiederig. On two other planned strike locations will not work on Sundays anyway. The walkout is according Verdi but then go on Monday. In Bad Hersfeld, Leipzig, Graben (Bavaria) and Rheinberg (North Rhine-Westphalia) is the industrial action until Christmas Eve (15.00 clock) stop.
wanted an Amazon spokeswoman at the company’s headquarters in Munich himself
On Saturday, the multi-day strike in the hot final phase of the Christmas shopping season was not the case and should not comment on how many employees will be working on Sunday in Bad Hersfeld and Leipzig.
Next moved on. For many customers, the labor dispute, however, seemed still to be hardly noticeable
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The complaints raised by the union legal opinion on the issued exemptions on Sunday work for Amazon. By the courts to date but there was no opinion. In the ongoing conflict since 2013 Verdi wants to force that Amazon pays for the retail instead of the lower logistics tariff
Amazon said no again, it’ll be any delays in deliveries. “Our people are proud to help to ensure that the customers get their Christmas parcel on time, “it said. Amazon is in the Christmas season in Germany a permanent workforce of 10 000 employees and another 10 000 seasonal forces a.
If necessary, the online retailers and foreign logistics centers such as Poland. At the current strike participate by Amazon information about 2000 employees, Verdi speaks of 2400. Bad Hersfeld alone it should have been in the last few days about 600.
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There Verdi said a representative, Amazon employees reported a backlog of orders. The union also receive e-mails from customers, according to which delivery times are longer than usual. The online edition of “FAZ” published on Friday, however, a non-representative readership survey. She points out that Amazon can actually deliver on time in most cases. (AP)
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