The employees demand better wages and working conditions to cope with all the cost increases caused by inflation.
The unions are running a joint campaign in the countries, “Make Amazon Pay” (translated: Force Amazon to pay). The campaign is coordinated by a coalition of trade unions, and is also supported by environmental and human rights organisations.
— It is time for the tech giant to immediately stop its abhorrent and dangerous behavior, and instead follow the law and negotiate with the employees who want to improve their jobs, said Christy Hoffman, general secretary of the UNI Global Union, one of the unions, to Bloomberg.
Amazon has a history of many controversies with unions and employees regarding working conditions.
Amazon’s spokesperson David Nieberg states that Amazon is not perfect, but that the company is now doing a lot to both improve conditions for its employees and for the environment.