The US company Amazon wants to increase the starting wages for its logistics workforce nationwide to 14 euros “and upwards”. This was announced by the German subsidiary in Munich on Wednesday. This should apply from September. The company wants to hold talks with the respective works councils – “as far as necessary”, as the announcement said.
According to the company, more than 20,000 of the 36,000 German Amazon employees work in logistics. “And upwards” therefore means that the Amazon logistics salaries vary somewhat from region to region. In some places, the starting wage could then be a little over 14 euros. According to a spokesman, the current starting wage is 13 euros “and upwards”.
If the planned increase is already included, the company says it has increased starting salaries in logistics by a good 16 percent since the beginning of last year. After two years of service, logistics employees without prior qualifications earn an average gross annual salary of EUR 37,000.
The group is reacting to the round of sometimes strong salary and collective bargaining increases in the German economy. Amazon rejects collective agreements and has therefore been in dispute with the Verdi union for years. (dpa)