Protesting Amazonâs treatment of workers and its practices that contribute to the climate crisis, coordinated demonstrations in over 30 countries on five continents demanded, âMake Amazon pay!â Held for the third consecutive year on Nov. 25 â âBlack Fridayâ â the actions were called by a broad global coalition of labor, environmental and social justice organizations.

Leipzig, Germany, Nov. 25.
Credit: Progressive International
Workers struck, marched and rallied to protest Amazonâs union busting and the unsafe conditions in the companyâs warehouses and across the supply chain. (progressive.international)
Christy Hoffman, UNI Global Unionâs General Secretary, said, âToday, unions, civil society and progressive elected officials will stand shoulder to shoulder in a massive global day of action to denounce Amazonâs despicable multimillion dollar campaigns to kill worker-led union efforts. Itâs time for the tech giant to cease their awful, unsafe practices immediately, respect the law and negotiate with the workers who want to make their jobs better.â

Tokyo, Japan Credit: #MakeAmazonPay
Hoffmanâs union is a co-convenor of Make Amazon Pay. (uniglobalunion.org)
âGarment workers, like those I represent, toil to swell Amazonâs coffers often without any recognition that we are even Amazon workers. Amazon is the third largest direct employer in the world, but when you take us in the supply chain into account, it is even larger. At work we can face sexual harassment from management and victimization when we try to organize in a trade union against that violence and for better pay and conditions,â said Nazma Akhter, president of the Sommilito Garments Sramik Federation in Bangladesh.
âIn Bangladesh, we are on the frontline of climate breakdown, so we know climate justice and social justice cannot be separated. We have to Make Amazon Pay all its workers a decent wage in dignified workplaces and for its environmental damage.â
Source: Workers.org