Amazon Workers Launch Black Friday Strikes, Protests in Europe

As shoppers in the U.S. hit the stores for Black Friday deals, thousands of Amazon, Inc. workers across Europe hit the streets over working conditions at several of the e-commerce chain’s logistics centers.

Workers in Germany, Spain, and France walked off the job at fulfillment centers—or warehouses—on Black Friday, which is also one of the busiest online shopping days of the holiday season. In Italy and the U.K., workers held protests and solidarity actions at several facilities.

U.S.-based facilities weren’t similarly affected, an Amazon representative said.

Amazon said in a statement to Bloomberg Law that its European Fulfillment Network “was ...