Workers at Amazon's Italian
main shipping hub struck for better pay and conditions on
Friday, the annual major shopping day known as Black Friday.
Unions said 50% of the workers at Piacenza struck while the
company said 10% of staff downed tools.
Six German branches of the home-delivery retail giant were
also affected.
There were lines outside shops in many large Italian cities
on Friday.
Deloitte said 23% of Italians have brought their Christmas
shopping forward, with 16% buying online and an average outlay
of 170 euros.
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