The Christmas holiday is upcoming. German Verdi called on the logistics center staffs of Amazon to go on strike for salary raise and working condition improvements on December 22, 2015. This is the third time that Verdi called on strikes in a row before the Christmas holiday comes.

Amazon boycotted Verdi strike calls. It announced that the firm provided favorable indemnification agreement for its employees. It insisted that the strike won’t affect the holiday shopping in the aspect of packing and delivery.

Amazon spokesman said:” Our clients can rely on our delivery agreement. Most of our employees won’t attend the strike and they focus on work.”

Amazon owns 9 logistics centers and 10,000 full-time employees in Germany. Besides, it hired 10,000 seasonal employees in order to deal with the great amount of orders during the shopping holidays.

Amazon claimed that only several hundred employees from 6 logistics centers joined the strike on Monday. However, Verdi confirmed that there were about 1,700 employees attended the strike.

It has 29 logistics centers and about 30,000 employees in the continent of  European. The employees become extremely busy when the shopping boom seasons come. It will hire thousands of casual laborers to deal with the emergency.

Verdi is encouraging the Amazon employees to go on strike till Christmas Eve. Verdi criticized Amazon for asking for its employees to work on Sunday during the boom season.

Amazon’s share price increased by 115% this year. It becomes the most valuable retailer in the world. The investors are excited for its positive user growth. It was criticized by the public for poor working condition and imbalance between work and personal life among the employees.