Trade unions at Amazon’s logistics centre at San Fernando de Henares have called a strike for November 23 and 24, the Puente (bridge) holiday of December 7, 8 and 9, December 15 to 30 and January 3, coinciding with the Christmas and Three Kings holidays. The old agreement at Amazon has expired, whilst the result of bargaining is pending. According to the unions, the previous agreement regulated the working conditions of the centre and gave way to rights that had been historical in the centre such as the price of overtime, professional categories, the guarantee of salary increases and incapacity agreements.
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