Progressive International

BREAKING: Workers hold the biggest global strike against Amazon in history, with over 150 strikes in more than 30 countries to #MakeAmazonPay. Stand with them. Join the digital picket line today.

On Black Friday, Amazon is set to face a wave of strike action and protests in over 30 countries as workers call a global day of action as part of the campaign to #MakeAmazonPay. Read more in this report from Morning Star.

On Black Friday, Amazon workers around the world rose up to #MakeAmazonPay. We asked supporters of the campaign to send messages of solidarity to the striking workers. Here is what they said.

FSComert, The Federation of Retail Workers' Unions in Romania, joins the global call to #MakeAmazonPay!

Amazon workers in Leipzig, Germany on strike with their union Verdi to #MakeAmazonPay.

Yesterday, a coalition of migrant workers, environmentalists and community organisers across Europe met with Amazon workers in the new Bremen Fulfillment Center BRE4. Speaking in English, German, Arabic, Turkish and Spanish, they discussed the issues facing workers and mobilized support for the strike this upcoming Black Friday to #MakeAmazonPay.

Black Friday is just over one week away. Together with unions, movements, and organizers around the world, we are getting ready to #MakeAmazonPay — with actions and strikes planned across all inhabited continents. Over the next two weeks or so, we will use this channel to deliver updates from the frontlines of the struggle. If you would like to get involved, you can do so by visiting MakeAmazonPay.com, joining an action, or planning your own.

Today, workers, activists and citizens from Australia to Germany, Bangledesh to the United States, India to Brazil are launching coordinated actions as part of our campaign to #MakeAmazonPay. We will be sharing updates across social media and will be grateful for your support in amplifying them. If you would like to get more closely involved, or engage in discussions around the campaign, we have also set up a Facebook group to share stories and discuss actions and strategies. You can join that group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/196462061968945/

ANNOUNCEMENT Today, we are launching our first planetary mobilization to #MakeAmazonPay. Together with a coalition of warehouse workers, climate activists, and citizens around the world, we will be taking on the world's richest man and the multinational corporation behind him. During the Covid-19 pandemic, Amazon became a trillion dollar corporation, with CEO Jeff Bezos becoming the first person in history to amass $200 billion in personal wealth. Meanwhile, Amazon warehouse workers risked their lives as essential workers, and faced threats and intimidation if they spoke out for their rights to a fair wage. As Amazon’s corporate empire expands, so too has its carbon footprint, which is larger than two thirds of all countries in the world. But instead of giving back to the societies that helped it grow, the corporation starves them of tax revenue. In 2019, Amazon paid just 1.2% tax in the United States, where the corporation holds its headquarters. The pandemic has exposed how Amazon places profits ahead of workers, society, and our planet. Amazon takes too much and gives back too little. It is time to Make Amazon Pay. Please share, comment and join the mobilization: https://twitter.com/ProgIntl/status/1331974742924959755