Amazon workers extend strike

By Washington Examiner

Published September 24, 2014 10:45am ET

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Amazon workers extend strike — Employees of Amazon gather in front of an Amazon building during a strike in Graben, southern Germany, Monday, Sept. 22, 2014. Workers at four of Amazon.com's German distribution centers have started a two-day strike in a long-running dispute over wages. The ver.di union said workers at the American online retailer's logistics centers in Leipzig, Bad Hersfeld, Graben and Rheinberg will stay off the job until Tuesday evening. Banner reads: "Today we fight for respect". (AP Photo/dpa, Karl-Josef Hildenbrand) | Karl-Josef Hildenbrand

BERLIN (AP) — Workers at Amazon.com in Germany have extended a strike in a long-running wage dispute into a third day and targeted a fifth distribution center.

The ver.di union called workers at facilities in Leipzig, Bad Hersfeld, Graben and Rheinberg out on a two-day strike Monday. It then extended that by a day and on Wednesday added a center in the western town of Werne to the walkouts.

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