Amazon employees conduct protests to protest carbon dioxide emissions reduction measures and remote work policies



On Wednesday, June 1, 2023, hundreds of Amazon employees conducted a protest against the company's remote work policy, efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, and the largest ever reduction in personnel . As part of this protest, some employees have left Amazon.

Amazon Employees Walk Out to Protest Climate, Return to Office Policy - Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-05-31/amazon-workers-walk-out-to-protest-climate-office-return-policy



Amazon workers walk out amid layoffs, citing concerns for climate - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/05/31/amazon-walkout-climate-strike/

Amazon's labor group, Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, and members of an informal employee group opposed to Amazon's announcement of the end of remote work to employees gathered in front of the company's Seattle headquarters to stage a protest. Did. Workers who took part in the protest question whether the company is on the right track after Amazon's massive job cuts in 2023 and efforts to reduce its carbon footprint. The Washington Post reports that the protest was held because of The Washington Post is a daily newspaper acquired by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

The Washington Post quoted comments from anonymous employees who participated in the protest as saying, ``Low morale is definitely a concern,'' and ``There's a lot of mistrust of leadership within Amazon right now.'' Introducing.

About 1,000 employees participated in the protest in front of the company's Seattle headquarters, and another 1,000 employees have pledged to carry out protests around the world, according to organizers. I was. In addition, Amazon has more than 350,000 employees worldwide, of which about 65,000 are based in the suburbs of Seattle, and The Washington Post said, ``The protests held in front of the Seattle headquarters It is estimated that around 300 employees attended.'

The video below captures the state of protests held in front of the Seattle headquarters.



Amazon Employees For Climate Justice, which organized the protest, also tweeted about the protest.




Employees who participated in the protest participated in the protest with a sign that wrote their claims.




A video shot from a different perspective.




In the video below, there is also a police figure who is wary of protests.




A large number of billboards with protest messages are prepared.




Brad Glasser, spokesperson for Amazon, said, ``Amazon is working to achieve the goal of net zero carbon by 2040.'' ``Amazon will achieve 100% renewable energy by 2025. We are on track to achieve our goals, and will continue to invest heavily while promoting internal and external inventions and collaborations to achieve our goals.'

In 2019, Amazon employees asked the company to release data on its carbon footprint as part of its commitment to climate change. After that, Amazon announced a pledge to aim for renewable energy and net zero carbon dioxide emissions. However, some employees seem to have carried out this protest, saying, ``I feel that Amazon has deviated from this pledge.'' In fact, Amazon seems to have removed the wording from its website that promises to reduce the carbon footprint of half of its shipments to virtually zero by 2030.

In addition, Amazon explained the reason why the wording in question was deleted from the website, ``It is not a pledge specific to delivery, but to replace it with a pledge to reduce carbon dioxide emissions throughout Amazon's business to zero.' I'm here.

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