Amazon Warehouse Employees Planning Strike on Prime Day A six-hour strike is being planned for July 15, the first of two days
the sale is being held on. It is one of over 100 warehouses located in the U.S. that is owned
by the e-commerce giant. Employee William Stolz, via Yahoo This is the first known strike during
a big shopping event at an
Amazon center in the U.S. At their counterparts
in Europe, strikes by Amazon workers are much more common. According to organizers, the
strike in Minnesota is over
unsafe working conditions. It is also due to Amazon failing a request of turning more temporary workers into full-time employees.