![]() ![]() More than 20,000 workers have signed a petition calling for the company to reconsider its decision to make employees return to the office, the Associated Press reported. The company also said collaborating is easier in person and teams are more connected that way.īut Amazon Employees for Climate Justice said it’s not so simple and Amazon’s policy is a one-size-fits-all approach. The company made its decision based on factors such as the ease of learning in an office together, surrounded by colleagues. Flexible work options improve relationships with employees, workers sayĪmazon’s return to office mandate, issued in February 2023, was another reason cited in the walkout.īy May 1, employees were required to return to the office at least three days per week with the exception of a “small minority,” Andy Jassy, CEO at Amazon, wrote. “It's clear that leadership still sees climate impact as an inconvenience rather than a strategic focus,” organizers wrote. The employees also said the company hasn’t supported clean energy legislation. The company, organizers said, disproportionately polluted communities of color and has increased carbon emissions 40% since 2019. In February 2020, he also announced the Bezos Earth Fund and pledged to donate $10 billion to organizations combating climate change.īut Amazon Employees for Climate Justice said the Climate Pledge is flawed because Amazon undercounted the company’s carbon footprint. Shortly before a walkout in 2019, Amazon’s founder Jeff Bezos announced The Climate Pledge and promised that Amazon would be considered net-carbon-zero by 2040. In response, Amazon released information about the company’s carbon footprint and announced the launch of a Shipment Zero program aimed at reducing vehicle emissions.Īmazon employees decided to move forward with their plan because the company’s response wasn’t rigorous enough to combat the current climate crisis, organizers said. Over 8,700 employees later signed an open letter about the company’s negative impact on the earth’s climate, organizers wrote in a Medium post. Organizers asked Amazon in December 2018 to put together a plan to reduce the company’s fossil fuel dependency. “As it pertains to the specific topics this group of employees is raising, we’ve explained our thinking in different forums over the past few months and will continue to do so,” Brad Glasser, an Amazon spokesperson, told the AP. In a statement to the Associated Press, Amazon said the energy has been good at the company’s South Lake Union property in Seattle since returning to the office. “Our goal is to change Amazon's cost/benefit analysis on making harmful, unilateral decisions that are having an outsized impact on people of color, women, LGBTQ people, people with disabilities, and other vulnerable people.” “Employees need a say in decisions that affect our lives such as the RTO mandate, and how our work is being used to accelerate the climate crisis,” organizers wrote. The company has also laid off employees and failed to fulfill the Climate Pledge the company made in 2019. ![]() The walkouts will be livestreamed at Organizers said on their website that Amazon has put mandates in place requiring workers to return to the office. Some employees will meet at the Spheres in Seattle, conservatories with plants from over 30 countries, while other participants will participate worldwide. ![]() Organized by Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, the walkout will include over 1,900 employees and kicks off at 12 p.m. Watch Video: Evolution of unions: How Millennials are reviving the labor movementĪ group of Amazon employees based in Seattle are marching out Wednesday to protest the retail giant’s contribution to the climate crisis, as well as job cuts and mandates to return to the office. ![]()
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