Amazon employees strike
Verdi representative Jörg Lauenroth-Mago said that he expected around 40% of the Leipzig workforce to take part in industrial action on Thursday (17th April). He also claimed that other centres in of Germany would follow with their own industrial action over the course of the year.
Amazon had earlier rejected a union offer to enter negotiations. In a statement, it said that only a small number of employees were taking part in the protests and that the centre's turnover rate wouldn't be affected. The company claims that its employees are rewarded by other means such as shares or bonuses, which made up the difference in salary expectations.