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  • Amazon is facing pressure in its biggest market outside the U.

  • S trade union.

  • Verdi called on workers at seven German Amazon warehouses to go on a three day strike.

  • The walkout would coincide with Black Friday discount shopping sales on November, the 27th.

  • Scheduled to begin with Wednesday's night shift.

  • Verdy is demanding better pay and working conditions.

  • It's bean organizing strikes at Amazon in Germany since 2013, most recently last month during its prime day promotional event on Amazon.

  • Spokesman at the time said that the company offered excellent salaries, adding that benefits and working conditions are comparable with other important employers.

  • The U.

  • S retail giant has seen sales soar globally as restrictions have sent consumers online.

  • Many traditional shops, by comparison, have struggled to compete.

  • Verdi argues that this has strengthened the case for higher wages.

  • On, says Amazon workers were not sufficiently protected against the spread of coronavirus.

  • Last week, the retail giant bowed to government pressure in Frantz.

Amazon is facing pressure in its biggest market outside the U.

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