Workers picket outside Amazon\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s facilities in the city of Leipzig, Germany, May 27, 2013.<\/p>\n
Workers at the German operations of global internet retailer Amazon.com have gone on a second daylong strike over pay and benefits.\n<\/p>\n
The German trade union Verdi said 200 workers at the Amazon\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s logistics center in the city of Leipzig launched a work stoppage on Monday and others would follow when the late shift begins later in the day.\n<\/p>\n
The move comes several days after Verdi staged its first daylong strike on May 14, when around 300 workers in Leipzig and 600 workers in Bad Hersfeld launched a walkout.\n<\/p>\n
Verdi is calling for Amazon to pay its 9,000 employees in Germany according to a sector-wide wage deal for the retail and mail-order industries. The union is also demanding higher basic pay and better benefits for night-shift workers.\n<\/p>\n
Verdi has urged Amazon to raise the minimum hourly wage for staff at the Leipzig center to 10.66 euros from the existing 9.30 euros.\n<\/p>\n
For those working at the Bad Hersfeld center, the union wants the current pay of 9.83 euros to be increased to 12.18 euros.\n<\/p>\n
Amazon says it is willing to continue negotiations with Verdi, but it does not see a common basis for talks at the moment.\n<\/p>\n
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