Amazon workers strike on Black Friday over working conditions

Thousands of Amazon workers all across Europe are striking today.

As shoppers in the U.S.A. log in to Amazon to find Black Friday deals, Amazon workers in the UK, Spain, France, Italy, and Germany are striking to protest working conditions in the company’s warehouses.

Black Friday is considered to be the busiest shopping day of the year for retailers.

The British trade union that represents Amazon’s warehouse workers, GMB Union, says its members are protesting “in anger of inhumane conditions” that they claim Amazon’s warehouse employees endure. The union has been posting updates from the strike on social media under the hashtag #AmazonWeAreNotRobots. Read more...