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Amazon workers are planning a massive day of action on Black Friday in an effort to draw attention to alleged exploitation on the part of the online retail giant.. Protests and strikes in more ...
Spearheaded by UNI Global Union and Progressive International, the protests include street demonstrations of Amazon workers, unions, and civil society groups in more than 30 countries, including ...
However, Amazon doesn't consider the situation a "strike," since there hasn't been a work stoppage, according to Kelly Nantel, a spokesperson for the e-commerce titan.
Amazon workers protest in Minnesota, 2018. Throughout the late 2010s, warehouses in Staten Island and Minnesota participated in union drives and bargaining. Workers organized for work conditions in particular, such as need for more frequent breaks. Workers have leaked Amazon manager training videos about discouraging labor organization.
The union said Friday that those protests had expanded to 199 facilities nationwide, however the protests did not include any work stoppage by any of the drivers making deliveries.
An Amazon warehouse protest on March 30, 2020, in Staten Island led to the firing of its organizer, Chris Smalls. Amazon defended the decision by saying that Smalls was supposed to be in self-isolation at the time, and leading the protest put its other workers at risk. [305] Smalls called the response "ridiculous". [306]
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Amazon.com workers at seven U.S. facilities walked off the job early on Thursday during the holiday shopping rush as workers protest what they say is the ...
Amazon workers on six continents planned strikes and protests lasting through Cyber Monday. Strikes were expected in more than 20 countries including the U.S., Germany, India and Japan.