In an argument over pay, Amazon workers in Germany have gone on strike as more and more people continue to shop for Christmas Reuters reported Monday.
"The Amazon system is characterized by low wages, permanent performance pressure and short-term contracts," Stefanie Nutzenberger, a member of the Verdi Union board said in a statement Reuters reported.
Seven-hundred employees protested at the online retailer's logistic center in Bad Hersfeld, Germany along with 200 in Leipzig. Some at the company's center is Warne, Germany will demonstrate Tuesday.
Some German employees also plan to exercise their right to freedom of speech at the company's headquarters in Seattle.
The company said the protests will not delay people's gifts arriving on time.
"Our customers can continue to rely on us for the prompt delivery of their Christmas presents," an Amazon spokeswoman told Reuters.
Six-hundred and forty workers did not show to work allowing for the company to send out packages on time.
Nine-thousand people work for Amazon in Germany, with an addition 14,000 temporary workers for the season employed at the retailer's nine distribution centers.
The online retailer has said it would construct three logistics centers in Poland, two in the Czech and Republic, creating suspicion about the re-location of workers into Germany.
Germany ranks as the company's largest revenue builder after the United States.
Sales for the company increased 21-percent last year to 8.7 billion. This amounts to one-third of how much it brought in overseas.
The retailer has expanded its AmazonFresh grocery delivery service to include Los Angeles. It has also announced plans for a delivery drone in the next year. This service would deliver packages to buyer's front yard in half-an-hour.
Free Sunday delivery was also implemented last month in Los Angeles, and New York. The company implements the service in Dallas, New Orleans, Houston, and Phoenix next year.
