Amazon.com workers’ strike for climate, 20 September

By Jake Johnson in the USA:

Monday, September 09, 2019

Because ‘Everything Is on Fire‘, Nearly 1,000 Amazon Workers Pledge to Walk Out and Join Global Climate Strike on Sept. 20

“We understand the threat of the climate crisis and want to work for a company that makes climate a priority.”

To protest the retail behemoth’s contributions to the climate crisis and persistent refusal to change course, nearly 1,000 Amazon workers

Meanwhile, over 1,000.

have pledged to walk off the job on Sept. 20 in solidarity with the millions of people across the world expected to take part in this month’s global climate strike.

Wiredreported Monday that the demonstration “will mark the first time in Amazon‘s 25-year history that workers at its Seattle headquarters have walked off the job.”

“Most of the workers who have signed on so far work in Seattle,” according to Wired