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2023-06-03 Economy

[Epoch Times] Amazon employees walked out at the company’s Seattle headquarters, to highlight their concerns over recent layoffs, a return to office policy, and the company’s environmental impact.

More than 2,000 Amazon employees worldwide walked off the job after 1 p.m., Pacific Time, on May 31, of which 1,000 of them gathered next to the Spheres, the landmark entrance to the online tech giant’s Seattle headquarters, according to employee groups behind the protest.

Other employees said they planned to participate in the protest virtually.

What exactly is a virtual protest?

The company told CNBC that it estimated that only 300 employees participated in the Seattle walkout, out of its 65,000 corporate and tech employees in the Puget Sound region and the roughly 350,000 workers worldwide.
A MASSIVE turnout - 0.085% of total employment.

Amazon Employees for Climate Justice (AECJ), an organization founded by employees that partially organized the walk out, has repeatedly pressured the company’s management over its climate stance.

"As AECJ, we’re walking out to tell leadership that climate action cannot be sidelined. When will Amazon have all electric vehicles? When will it stop building pipelines for data centers? When will there be a real plan to reduce emissions instead of increase them every year?" the employee group, posted on Twitter on May 23.

The climate change advocacy group said that employees would walk out to highlight a lack of trust in "senior leadership’s decision-making."

Amazon also recently carried out the largest layoffs in its 29-year history, slashing 27,000 positions across its cloud computing, advertising, retail, and other departments, since last fall.

On May 1, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy ordered corporate office employees to return to their desks at least three days a week, cutting back on the remote work arrangements that employees had gotten used to since the pandemic. Jassy said in February, that the company had made the decision after reviewing work habits during the pandemic, noting that employees tended to be more productive working together in person.

Posted by Bobby 2023-06-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ] Top

#1 What exactly is a virtual protest?

It's like those 'die-ins' when they lie down on the floor and pretend to die. Which is when I'd love to light an entire brick of Black Cat firecrackers and wish for the good old days of M-80's and cherry bombs.

Amazon also recently carried out the largest layoffs in its 29-year history, slashing 27,000 positions across its cloud computing, advertising, retail, and other departments, since last fall.

Clearly they need to keep going.

Posted by Raj 2023-06-03 00:33|| 2023-06-03 00:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Yes, it seems the main impact of the "day without immigrants" strike protest here in Florida was that reporters had to be sent out to cover it for the liberal rags.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-06-03 07:08|| 2023-06-03 07:08|| Front Page Top

#3 Very good of the troublemakers to self-identify so that they can be fired in the very next round.

Posted by Tom 2023-06-03 07:10|| 2023-06-03 07:10|| Front Page Top

#4 So, just what is it you do that guys at the Indian call center (that I get when I manage to get them on the phone) can't take care of?

Posted by ed in texas 2023-06-03 09:33|| 2023-06-03 09:33|| Front Page Top

#5 ^^^ And probably for, at least, half the cost.

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-06-03 09:38|| 2023-06-03 09:38|| Front Page Top

#6 You have to be dumb to participate in a walkout at a company that is doing layoffs unless you have Michael Jordan skills or are really need some extended MineCraft hours.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-06-03 09:43|| 2023-06-03 09:43|| Front Page Top

#7 What exactly is a virtual protest?
Stay home, wear pajamas, and drink hot chocolate.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2023-06-03 11:32|| 2023-06-03 11:32|| Front Page Top

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