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Amazon employees across German have downed tools in protest against wages and staff treatment.
A spokeswoman for the Verdi trade union told The Local that 500 workers were expected to…
Read MoreAmazon faces calls for boycott as Prime Day strikes break out in Germany
Amazon is facing protests and calls for a boycott internationally from campaign groups as it launches its Prime Day 2020 shopping event.
Campaign group Ethical Consumer has called on UK…
Read MoreAmazon accused of spying on employees by monitoring dozens of closed social media groups
Amazon has been accused of spying on dozens of its employees’ private and public social media groups to keep tabs on who plans to strike.
Amazon’s corporate employees are reportedly…
Read MoreAmazon staff to strike “until the building gets sanitized” after another employee contracts virus
Amazon staff at its key warehouse in New York are planning to strike today in a bid to force the retailer to deep clean the site and provide extra protection…
Read MoreAmazon warehouse workers strike as staff COVID-19 cases rise
Amazon has confirmed the first COVID-19 infection in its US delivery network as its warehouse staff in France strike amid fears of contagion.
The retailer’s delivery station in Queens, New…
Read MoreThousands of protesters picketed Amazon over working conditions on Black Friday
Amazon workers in their thousands across the UK, France, Germany and Spain staged strikes and protest against working conditions in its warehouses this Black Friday.
On the busiest shopping day…
Read MoreRoyal Mail union “extremely angry and bitterly disappointed” as strike blocked by High Court
Royal Mail has successfully blocked workers from lawfully holding a strike over the Christmas shopping period which posed a “major threat to UK retail”.
The High Court ruled yesterday that…
Read MoreWalmart Chile will resume talks with workers after widespread strikes over robot push
Walmart Chile on Monday said it would resume talks with a union of 17,000 workers who walked off their jobs last week in protest over the retailer’s push to automate…
Read MoreAmazon to retrain 100,000 employees
In one of the biggest corporate re-training initiatives to date, Amazon has announced it will be up-skilling one third of its US workforce.
The ecommerce giant this week pledged to…
Read MoreAmazon workers plan strike for Prime Day
Amazon warehouse workers in Minnesota are planning to strike during Prime Day later this month, marking the first time a walkout has been hosted in the US during its vital…
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