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Black Friday = Make Amazon Pay Day

Black Friday (24 November), was the busiest shopping day of the year, and unions, workers and activists in over 30 countries took action to Make Amazon Pay.  

We stood in solidarity with striking Amazon workers to highlight the destructive impact of Amazon’s business model on workers, communities and the planet.  

In country after country, workers are coming together to demand better pay, conditions and recognition. Already, regulators and legislators have begun to take action to make Amazon pay for its damage, but there’s much more to do.  

Amazon is one of the most powerful corporations in history and is remaking how the economy works in the 21st century by squeezing every last drop it can at every turn.  

The Amazon business model:  

  • Squeezes workers: While tripling profits in Q3 2023, Amazon subjects warehouse workers and drivers to a high-pressure environment that breaks their bodies and ultimately forces them to quit. 
  • Squeezes communities: While receiving huge subsidies, Amazon’s main UK division paid no corporation tax for second year in a row. 
  • Squeezes the planet: While Amazon celebrated a 0.4% drop in total emissions in 2022, it would still take the company until the year 2378 to reach its stated 2040 target of net zero emissions. 

To win an economy that values workers, communities and the planet, we need to Make Amazon Pay and show our movement’s strength to end Amazon’s abuse.  

We encourage everyone to show your support with Amazon workers by sharing information about Make Amazon Pay Day, and continuing to support calls for Amazon to be made accountable.

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