Amazon Workers , Stage Protest Over Layoffs , and Surging Emissions.
'Wired' reports that Amazon's corporate
workers have staged a walkout just one month
after being ordered to return to the office.
'Wired' reports that Amazon's corporate
workers have staged a walkout just one month
after being ordered to return to the office.
Over 1,000 employees took part in a rally outside of the
company's Seattle headquarters, while protests in other
cities were expected to bring participation to over 2,000.
'Wired' reports that employees are standing up against
the company's return-to-office mandate, as well as
underwhelming progress on its Climate Pledge.
In recent years, Amazon has faced
a series of protests and walkouts. .
In February, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced
that workers must return to the office for
a minimum of three days a week starting on May 1. .
In February, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced
that workers must return to the office for
a minimum of three days a week starting on May 1. .
'Wired' reports that employees sent a petition
with 20,000 worker signatures to Amazon's
leadership, which was disregarded.
Despite a pledge to reach net-zero carbon
emissions by 2040, Amazon critics argue that
the company's emissions have only increased.
'Wired' suggests that the latest Amazon walkout
could be the largest tech worker protest since the
industry began seeing widespread layoffs last fall.
This year alone, the tech industry has laid off
over 200,000 workers, which comes after
tens of thousands lost their jobs in 2022.
Toby Higbie, a labor historian at UCLA, argues that tech
industry morale has bottomed out, with workers seeing layoffs , “as a business strategy rather than something that needs to happen for the good of the product.”
