Climate activists blocked 15 Amazon warehouses across Europe on “Black Friday” and the world’s largest e-commerce company is also facing protests from workers and delivery drivers in Germany, France and Italy.
The company is facing criticism from climate activists, who say excessive consumption harms the environment, while an alliance of European unions says the company does not pay enough taxes to workers or governments.
“Black Friday symbolizes an obsession with overconsumption that is not consistent with a habitable planet,” said the Extinction Rebellion group after blocking 13 Amazon warehouses across the UK.
Reuters reporters said protesters blocked entry to an Amazon warehouse on the Tilbury docks in eastern England. The group also said it had blocked Amazon’s deposits in Germany and the Netherlands.
Unions in Europe’s biggest economies have also called on warehouse workers and delivery drivers to go on strike against what they say are unfairly low wages and taxes.
In Germany, the company’s biggest market after the United States, the Verdi union said some 2,500 employees went on strike at Amazon’s shipping centers in Rheinberg, Koblenz and Graben.
In France, one of the country’s main labor unions, CGT, called on Amazon workers in the country to go on strike. The union coalition also reported a strike in Italy.
“The coalition demands that Amazon pay its workers fairly and respect their right to join unions, pay their fair share of taxes and commit to real environmental sustainability,” said the “Make Amazon Pay” coalition in a communicated.
Reference: CNN Brasil
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