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Amazon Workers Demand Fair Pay and Treatment in Global Day of Action

HeadlineNov 30, 2020

Thousands of Amazon workers participated in a global action on Black Friday to demand fairer wages, hazard pay during the pandemic, and for the retail behemoth to start paying taxes. Social and climate justice groups also joined the #MakeAmazonPay actions, which took place across 15 countries, including the U.S., Mexico, Brazil, the Philippines, Germany and Poland. Protesters are also demanding Amazon commit to better environmental practices and to allow workers to unionize.

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