Amazon warehouse workers in several countries are planning to carry out
strikes and protests on Black Friday, one of the biggest sales events of
the year for the company. Among other things, they’ll call on Amazon to
improve pay and safety conditions, and respect their right to organize.
Social and environmental justice activists plan to join the workers in
their actions, as Vice reports.
Similar actions have taken place during Black Friday and other key Amazon
sales events over the last several years. Workers in Germany have staged
several other strikes throughout 2020 — one in the summer over COVID-19
infections and another on Prime Day in October to protest pay and working
conditions. …
