Amazon.com employees in Europe protested warehouse working conditions, some using the slogan 'we are not robots,' in another challenge for the world's biggest online retailer heading into its busiest time of year.
Workers in Germany, Spain, and France walked off the job at Amazon fulfillment centres on Black Friday, one of the busiest online shopping days of the year. In Italy and the UK, workers protested at several facilities, according to Bloomberg Law.
Amazon workers during a Black Friday rally Torrejon Ardoz, Spain.Credit:AP
More than 600 German workers at the company's Bad Hersfeld facility walked out on Friday morning local time. In Spain, workers at Amazon's Madrid-area San Fernando de Henares facility planned a two-day strike Friday and Saturday. That facility employs 1,800 workers and was last on strike during Amazon Prime Day, another major shopping day for the company in May, according to UNI Global Union.
About 500 workers in the UK demonstrated at five Amazon warehouses, according to the GMB union. Membership in the union among Amazon employees is small, national officer Mick Rix said. Images on social media showed small groups of people gathered with banners from the union.