- Amazon workers are fed up and looking to strike on Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year, and are planning the work stoppage in 20 countries including, India, Germany, and the US.
- Make Amazon Pay is a coalition of workers and labor organizations calling for workplace improvements include improving pay, adding hazard pay, providing adequate break time, extending paid sick leave, and disclosing COVID-19 protocols.
- “The pandemic has exposed how Amazon places profits ahead of workers, society, and our planet,” the coalition stated in its demands document. “It is time to Make Amazon Pay.”
Sahid Fawaz from Labor 411 writes:
“Amazon workers are fed up and looking to strike this Friday.
“Amazon might have a rough Black Friday. Workers for the online retail giant want better pay and improvements to the workplace, and for the company to be more proactive on issues such as the climate crisis, or else they’ll strike on the biggest shopping day of the year.
Make Amazon Pay is a coalition of workers and labor organizations calling for a labor strike by Amazon employees across the company’s operations, such as data centers, factories and warehouses. They plan to organize the work stoppage for Black Friday in 20 countries including India, Germany and the United States.
‘The pandemic has exposed how Amazon places profits ahead of workers, society, and our planet,’ the coalition said in its demands document. ‘Amazon takes too much and gives back too little. It is time to Make Amazon Pay.’
The group’s demands are split into five categories: workplace improvements, job security, respect for workers’ rights, sustainable operations and paying back society…”
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