Seattle’s Amazon raises minimal pay in Germany to €12 per hour

Amazon.com Inc., the world’s largest online retailer based in Seattle, Washington, said late last week that it would offer warehouse workers in Germany a starting wage of € 12 ($ 15) an hour, well above the minimum hourly wage of the country is payout of € 9.50 per hour.

However, the most dominant German workers’ union, Verdi, which had organized a series of protests against low wages and poor working conditions in the country since 2013, had voiced loud voice over the recent wage increase, as a union official was quoted by Verdi as saying the increase was the smallest which the company could do afterMade a pretty penny over the last few months“And the pay rise fell far short of the requirements for many employees.

Add to this the Seattle-based American multinational tech company Amazon.com Inc., whose net income rose to $ 8.1 billion in the first quarter of 2021, up over 200 percent from $ 2.5 billion at the same time The year before, it faced similar criticism worldwide, apart from Germany, the second largest market for online retail megaliths after the US.

Amazon increases the minimum wage in Germany to 12 euros per hour

That said, the raise would go into effect as early as July 1, according to a statement by Amazon.com Inc. released late last week, and entry levels could be as low as € 11.30 an hour in some locations, though the salary increases in other regions of the country the increase could be well over € 12 per hour.

Meanwhile, an Amazon spokesperson in Germany was quoted after announcing that all Amazon employees in Germany would receive a raise, while Amazon.com Inc said in a statement that further increases in hourly pay were planned in the future.