The first 24-hour national strike of the Amazon supply chain was technically successful with a 75% adhesion, followed closely by the courier unions in Europe and the United States where, in Alabama, they try to set up in the factories of the giant of trade union representatives. In the cities of the Peninsula, the vans used for deliveries to customers have practically disappeared, while pickets have been held in front of the sorting plants. «Memberships in Ambardia have reached 95% – says Luca Stanzione, general secretary of Filt Cgil – despite pressure on workers to enter the factories. We thank Amazon for the investments made in Italy but now they have to sit at the negotiating table with the trade unions ». There are many problems not yet resolved such as shifts and work rates managed with the Amazon app and algorithms, job stability, the Torrazza Piemonte site employs 1,200 direct workers and 1,550 temporary workers, deductibles in the case of damage to vehicles, time for lunch break. The objective of the triple is to arrive at a second national level supplementary contract after a series of territorial agreements. «We must discuss the quality of work – reply the workers’ representatives -. Amazon has made huge profits and now shrugs and does not respect those workers who guaranteed supplies and deliveries during the pandemic, kept the country alive ”. In Lombardy garrisons in all of the colossus’ logistics plants, in Genoa around 350 drivers crossed their arms engaged in deliveries in the region.
The company’s response confirms the positions taken in the past: «’Commitment to our employees and those of delivery service providers is our top priority – he says in a letter sent to customers by Mariangela Marseglia, Amazon country manager Italy – at Amazon we respect the right of every individual to express their position and I want to personally thank the colleagues and employees of the delivery service providers who work every day to ensure that you can receive your orders “.
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To the personnel on strike is added the solidarity of Codacons which on the day of the protest asks consumers to buy in traditional stores and not online. “We share the reasons for the strike, aimed at asking for better working conditions and more safety, and if the protest is limited to today we offer our support to the workers – explains the president of the consumer associations, Carlo Rienzi -. In this direction, we invite consumers not to make purchases today through e-commerce, diverting their purchases to traditional shops that can remain open despite the restrictions, small businesses that have long suffered from unfair competition from the web, which worsened during the Covid emergency ».