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German, Spanish and Polish trade unions have organized coordinated awareness and strike action to be held on Prime Day (the 36-hour sale period reserved for Amazon Premium members), which along with Black Friday are the peak sales periods for the e-commerce giant. In Spain, Amazon's biggest logistics center based in Madrid has for recent months been the focus of labor mobilization and on 16 July it has geared up for three days of action as it calls for a company agreement. Unions report that 80% of the staff mobilized on Monday July 16. In Germany, work stoppages at six logistics centers are expected impact workflows. German trade union Verdi, which since 2013 has been involved in many actions to secure the application of the retail sector collective agreement, announced work stoppages will also affect Polish sites. Some activists have called for Prime Day to be boycotted as a show of support for the workers' strikes, but above all it is user discontent when navigating problems with the Amazon website during this sale period that has made the news headlines.
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