Amazon Workers Strike Across the Globe

A global coalition of warehouse workers, unions, and climate activists organized protests on Black Friday calling out Amazon’s attacks on workers and the environment. Amazon workers were stripped of hazard pay in May and given a meager $150-$300 holiday bonus. According to the coalition, “Jeff Bezos could pay a $105,000 bonus to every Amazon worker and still be as rich as he was at the start of the pandemic.” Ultra-billionaire Bezos’ wealth surpassed $200 billion in August, while Amazon workers here and around the world continue to risk their lives working during a pandemic without paid sick leave, hazard pay, or a living wage. Jeff Bezos is part of an elite class of billionaires who have seen their wealth increase by $1 trillion since the beginning of the pandemic. Corporate bosses and politicians are working us to death so they can get rich. We must take to the streets and demand people over profits!