Thursday, October 3

“Make Amazon Pay”: the protest of Amazon workers in the middle of Black Friday


Trabajadores y activistas protestas contra Amazon en este Black Friday 2021.
Workers and activists protests against Amazon this Black Friday 2021.

Photo: KENA BETANCUR / AFP / Getty Images

“Make Amazon Pay” is a platform founded by workers and activists of the largest online sales platform, Amazon . It was created in order to unite everyone, worldwide, to protest for better payment conditions.

The activists and employees of Amazon did not choose a better day than Black Friday or the so-called Black Friday. IF they go on strike on one of what could be considered the busiest day of the year, when it comes to sales, many customers will probably not be very satisfied.

The protest is due to requests to the company of the type: improvement of salaries, respect for the right to join unions, honest tax payments and protection of the environment environment.

We are workers and activists divided by geography and our role in the global economy , but united in our commitment to make Amazon pay fair wages, its taxes and its impact on the planet.

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The idea of ​​the protest is that the entire logí stico device is affected this 26 November , the day of Black Friday, at which time much of the world is di enjoying the deals the day after Thanksgiving.

Workers from Brussels, New York, Buenos Aires, London, Spain, among other large ones, will be protesting; and the protest is expected to be huge in scope.

France and Italy will also join their logistics centers to the strike, and other countries will simply make people feel the dissatisfaction of the employees.

For example, in Barcelona, ​​there will be protests for a “better treatment of the environment and its protection from the American online marketplace company. As is well known, Amazon packaging does not skimp on cardboard for its packaging and shipping.

In total, are expected to join the protest businesses that work with Amazon, data centers, factories and offices.

We could say that luckily for Amazon this year the so-called “Black Friday” sale day took its forecasts that it might not be the biggest shopping day for Americans, due to to problems in the supply chain. And Amazon advanced its “Blac friday” offers to avoid the funnel with Christmas day purchases. 1231287829

However, expectations remained positive, as retail sales have increased by 7 tenths, compared to what was expected of two tenths, for the month of October .

Meanwhile, Amazon declared to the Xataca portal that “the protests and claims of this platform do not correspond to the reality of the company.” And he dismissed the protests considering that they were “about groups with their own interests, the portal highlighted.