Re:Amazon's German Workers Strike
by masklinn on Monday December 16, 2013 @02:28PM
(#6917195)
> What is the replacement for that employee safeguard then?
Interestingly, as in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland don't have minimum wages either), collective bargaining agreements consensually worked on by labor unions, employers and local governments. There tends to be base sector-, industry- or trade-specific agreements. Other comments[0] indicate Amazon apparently does not care for any of these.
Interestingly, as in Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland don't have minimum wages either), collective bargaining agreements consensually worked on by labor unions, employers and local governments. There tends to be base sector-, industry- or trade-specific agreements. Other comments[0] indicate Amazon apparently does not care for any of these.
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6916415