{"id":369999,"date":"2018-07-19T04:50:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T03:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/police-beat-up-amazon-strikers-in-spain\/"},"modified":"2018-07-19T04:50:06","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T03:50:06","slug":"police-beat-up-amazon-strikers-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/police-beat-up-amazon-strikers-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Police beat up Amazon strikers in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3 class=\"nomargin\">\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h2>Police beat up Amazon strikers in Spain<\/h2>\n<h5>\n<p>    By<br \/>\n    James Lerner and Paul Mitchell<br \/>\n    <br \/>18 July 2018<\/p>\n<\/h5>\n<p>Police charged a picket line and beat Amazon workers during the second day of a three-day strike at the company\u2019s largest logistics centre in Spain at San Fernando de Henares, Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>The strike was timed to coincide with Amazon\u2019s \u201cPrime Day,\u201d and took place as thousands of workers in Germany and Poland also struck the company.<\/p>\n<div class=\"imageFull\" style=\"width:480px; oveflow:hidden;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wsws.org\/asset\/df4758e0-2556-4062-a08f-7badf490ac5K\/image.jpg?rendition=image480\" srcset=\"\/asset\/df4758e0-2556-4062-a08f-7badf490ac5K\/image.jpg?rendition=image960 2x\" width=\"480\" style=\"width:480px;\" \/><span>Police guard Amazon\u2019s operations at San Fernando de Henares<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Until the police attack, the Amazon workers and their supporters had been peacefully picketing, under the broiling sun at the main entrance to \u201cMAD4,\u201d as police escorted trucks and scabs into the centre. According to strikers, the police \u201cwithout apparent reason,\u201d beat them up with truncheons, which led to one suffering \u201can open wound on the face caused by a blow from a policeman.\u201d Three others were arrested and taken away to police stations.<\/p>\n<p>Ana told the <em>World Socialist Web Site<\/em> that she had come to the assistance of a fellow worker who had been corralled by the police but found herself being \u201cclubbed three of four times\u201d resulting in \u201ccontusions on her arm and backside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Amazon workers have been involved in a long running dispute, since 2016. For nearly two years, Amazon has been negotiating with the trade unions\u2014CGT, CCOO, UGT and CSIT\u2014to impose the Provincial Collective Agreement of Logistics and Packing of the Madrid Region, which would replace the previous warehouse agreement and drastically reduce workers\u2019 rights.<\/p>\n<div class=\"imageFull\" style=\"width:480px; oveflow:hidden;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wsws.org\/asset\/0487563b-4295-4beb-98db-07b775e53d1L\/image.jpg?rendition=image480\" srcset=\"\/asset\/0487563b-4295-4beb-98db-07b775e53d1L\/image.jpg?rendition=image960 2x\" width=\"480\" style=\"width:480px;\" \/><span>Police escort scabs through the gates at Amazon\u2019s San Fernando de Henares warehouse<\/span><\/div>\n<p>In March, they went on a 48-hour strike supported by 75 percent of the workforce that followed similar action by Amazon workers in Italy, Germany and France&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2018\/07\/18\/amaz-j18.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Police beat up Amazon strikers in Spain By James Lerner and Paul Mitchell 18 July 2018 Police charged a picket line and beat Amazon workers during the second day of a three-day strike at the company\u2019s largest logistics centre in Spain at San Fernando de Henares, Madrid. 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