Twelve months have passed since the last Amazon strikes in Germany. Frankly, we've come full-circle now....back to another month of anticipated strikes.
The union says it's the best time to prove their point. Amazon is quietly viewing the issue.
What we do know is that Amazon is expanding out into Poland and Czech. The management folks say it's good business operations and more access to the market.
What is going to happen one day...maybe not 2014....but 2015...is this odd strike reaction. Amazon could shut half of their operations down in Germany and just say business went into a different direction. They'd resettle the purchases to come from the Netherlands, and Poland. When their union members get peppy, then they move the base of operations to another country.
Eventually, the union guys would be standing there and admitting each time a strike occurs....that some folks will be given a lesser shift, and less work, thus equaling less pay.
The strike strategy in Germany, at least from an American prospective....probably works in the 1970s and 1980s. With the EU and open borders? There's a bold new world coming into play. And Amazon is going to play this to win. One way or another.
No comments:
Post a Comment