Amazon Workers In Germany & Spain Go On Strike For Black Friday

Kristine Lofgren
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, founder of space venture Blue Origin and owner of 'The Washington Post,' participates in an event hosted by the Air Force Association September 19, 2018 in National Harbor, Maryland.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, founder of space venture Blue Origin and owner of 'The Washington Post,' participates in an event hosted by the Air Force Association September 19, 2018 in National Harbor, Maryland.

Not everyone is excited about the Black Friday madness. About 620 Amazon workers in Germany, as well as others in Spain and the U.K., staged walkouts and strikes on November 23.

Their demands? Better pay and working conditions, Yahoo! Finance reports.

At its centers in Bad Hersfeld and Rheinberg in Germany, 620 workers walked out for 24 hours after Germany’s Verdi services union called for a strike.

Workers at Spain’s biggest warehouse, located in San Fernando de Henares, also walked out on Friday — and plan to strike Saturday.

“We are entering the end of year spurt, the most stressful time for employees,” said Mechthild Middeke, a spokesperson for Verdi. “Especially on a day like Black Friday, employees should be the central focus.”

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