Online retailer Amazon has said it will donate its profits from selling anti-Islam movement Pegida's Christmas 'hymn' to refugees in Germany, taking a stand in the country's battle over the influx.
For those planning to do last minute Christmas shopping online via Amazon this year, it might already be too late. Employees are striking all the way up to Christmas Eve.
Subscribers to Amazon's Prime service can now receive deliveries from the online retailer on the same day they order in 14 cities across Germany – putting pressure on local competitors.
The trade union Verdi has announced strikes for Wednesday at the Deutsche Post (German Post) and Amazon, meaning that Easter cards and packages might not arrive on time.
Online retailer Amazon said on Monday that walkouts at distribution centres across the country wouldn't affect Christmas orders as the strike spread across Europe.
Union Verdi announced on Wednesday that its members at two Amazon distribution centres would extend a planned three-day strike through the rest of the week, while four more sites saw new walkouts.
Industrial action between labour union Verdi and Amazon has escalated as workers walked off the job on Monday for the first of a three-day strike option in the final rush before Christmas.
A German minister on Wednesday threw her weight behind the authors battling US online retail giant Amazon over its alleged strong-arm negotiating tactics with publishers.
Writers have taken pen to paper in protest against Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos and his company's methods and are calling for consumers, publishers and their fellow authors to boycott the online retail giant.
Germany's book industry said Tuesday it had complained to the country's competition watchdog about Internet giant Amazon, accusing it of using "blackmail" to gain discounts from publishers.
A number of Amazon employees in Germany began a two-day strike on Thursday night in a fresh escalation of a long-running dispute over pay and conditions.
A group of "pro Amazon" employees are standing up to strikes in the firm's German distribution centres by trying to portray a more positive image of the US online retail giant.
Online retailer Amazon has played down strikes by hundreds of workers in Germany in the run up to Christmas, claiming there had been no impact on deliveries. It put the number of employees involved far below union estimates.
Amazon staff in Germany began fresh strikes on Monday in their ongoing fight for higher pay. More walk-outs are planned in the run up to Christmas in an attempt to hit the company during the busy festive season.
Germany's service-sector union Verdi has confirmed it will hold strike action against online retail giant Amazon over the busy Christmas holiday period, according to reports on Sunday.
Hit by labour disputes and strikes in Germany, US online giant Amazon is considering five new logistics centres in the Czech Republic and Poland, a Polish economic daily reported on Monday.
Fewer German workers are working under national wage agreements made with trade unions, with experts suggesting the traditional role of unions was likely to continue shrinking.
Workers at Amazon's Leipzig logistics warehouse voted on Friday to go on strike to protest for higher wages. They are fighting to get a minimum wage of €10.66 an hour from the online retail giant.
