Amazon workers held their first nationwide strike as unions claimed employees were being pushed harder than ever during the coronavirus pandemic. The unions FILT CIGL, FIT CISl and Uiltrasporti claimed that an average 75% of workers stayed out, rising to 90% in some areas. According to the unions, workers should have lower work burdens, better pay, more union rights and an indemnity in case they fall ill with COVID-19.
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