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January 3, 2020

Amazon Threatens to Fire Workers over Environmental Activism
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Amazon has threatened to fire workers who speak out about the online
retail giant's environmental policies. Leaders of the group Amazon
Employees for Climate Justice say they've received letters reprimanding
them for speaking to the media without the permission of Amazon's
corporate offices. Last September, thousands of Amazon workers joined a
youth-led global strike for the climate, with some of them speaking out
publicly on social media.

Allyson: "I'm walking out."

Rebecca: "I'm walking out."

Sohrab: "I'm walking out."

Rob: "To show solidarity with the youth leaders who have started the
Fridays for the Future movement."

Danilo: "Because global warming is the biggest issue we're facing
today."

Yoshi: "Because global climate change affects everybody, but it is going
to affect the most vulnerable of society first."

Kat: "Because it's important that I show my son a model for what it
looks like to fight for justice."

Sarah: "Because it's the right thing to do."

Bob: "Because Amazon does not demonstrate the same leadership on climate
change that I'm expected to demonstrate every day on the job."



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