Thousands of Amazon warehouse workers expected to protest

Protests and strikes are taking place in over 20 countries around the world
Protests and strikes are taking place in over 20 countries around the world

Thousands of Amazon workers are expected to protest or strike in countries around the world during this week's Black Friday.

The main aim of the global protests is to put in the spotlight the need for improved workers’ rights from the US-based online retailer.

Workers and representatives from unions and workers’ groups intend to join in the protests, which will take place on Black Friday (29 November)

In the UK, protests are planned outside Amazon’s UK headquarters on Bishopsgate in London on that day.

Amanda Gearing, a senior organiser at union GMB, said: “Here in the UK Amazon represents everything that is broken about our economy. Insecure work, poverty wages and often unsafe working conditions.

"GMB will not let these shape the world of work for the next decade.”

In Germany, thousands of members of the union Ver.di will go on strike at warehouses located across the country, including Dortmund, Leipzig, Koblenz, Graben and and Rheinberg.

And in France, the Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions and Citizens’ Action (ATTAC) will hold protests in several cities.