In Germany, more than 1,000 workers went on strike against the U.S. retailer Amazon on Monday as part of an ongoing dispute over wages, conditions and terms of employment. Workers are vowing to wage more actions this week amid the busy pre-Christmas shopping season.

Heiner Reimann, Verdi union official: “We demand from Amazon that they sign a labor agreement with us based on the regulations of the retail industry. This would mean that Amazon employees starting new in the company would earn about 7,000 euros more per year. We also demand humane working conditions and salaries which allow for decent living conditions.”

Michael Furgoll, Amazon worker: “I think that our boss, Jeff Bezos, has such large private assets that he might as well share them a little with the employees who make all the money. In my view, that’s only fair.”

A group of Amazon warehouse workers from Germany traveled to the United States for a protest Monday outside Amazon’s Seattle headquarters.