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June 2, 2023

Amazon's Corporate Workers Walk Out to Protest Climate Inaction, Labor Issues
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In Seattle, hundreds of workers at Amazon's corporate headquarters
walked out Wednesday during a lunchtime demonstration to call out
Amazon's inaction on its climate goals and labor issues at the company.

Amazon worker: "We want Amazon to do better. We want the warehouse
workers to have better conditions. We want responsibility towards
climate problems and climate impact."

Workers also protested layoffs affecting 27,000 people since November,
and a recent forced return-to-office policy. Amazon corporate workers in
other cities and countries took part in the walkout, many of them
virtually.


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