Amazon's biggest strike in history is coming, and it's scheduled for Black Friday!

Recently, Amazon released the company's third quarter financial report for 2023 ending September 30. The financial report shows that Amazon's revenue last quarter was US$143.1 billion, a year-on-year increase of 13%, and its net profit increased by 241% year-on-year to US$9.9 billion. However, this amount seems to have angered many Amazon employees.

Immediately afterwards, at the first "Make Amazon Pay" summit held in Manchester, UK , unions and political leaders announced that Amazon workers will hold protest strikes in more than 30 countries around the world on Black Friday, November 24.

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders attended the summit along with Spanish Second Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Diaz , Trades Union Congress Secretary General Paul Nowak , and UNI Global Union Secretary General Christy Hoffman, who encouraged Amazon workers to "join the global fight for their rights."

Christy Hoffman , one of the conveners of the summit, spoke at the summit and said that this group of unions, political leaders and non-governmental organizations came together to develop strategies to use collective power to end Amazon's atrocities against workers and its impact on the community; Amazon's business model has destroyed the environment, destroyed small businesses, and left a monopoly without ethics or responsibility.

Bernie Sander also spoke at the summit, saying that no company better embodies the corporate greed and arrogance we see in the United States, the United Kingdom and around the world than Amazon; and said that if Jeff Bezos' wealth enables him to afford a mansion, he will be able to ensure that Amazon workers get a fair and just union contract when they vote to form a union.

This year, Amazon has faced more protests than ever before. First and foremost, the company has seen a growing number of employee protests, with workers coming together in country after country to demand better wages, better conditions, and recognition of unions. In countries, states, and cities, regulators and lawmakers have begun taking action to demand that Amazon pay for the damage it has done to its workers. In addition, there have been activists protesting Amazon Web Services’ environmentally destructive practices, citizens demanding that the company pay taxes, and small businesses and independent booksellers denouncing the giant’s anti-competitive behavior.

At present, it has been confirmed that more than 1,000 workers at Amazon's Coventry warehouse in the UK will strike for four days in November, including "Black Friday".

It is reported that the Make Amazon Pay campaign was jointly organized by the UNI Global Union and Progressive International, which includes more than 80 organizations dedicated to labor, tax, climate, data and racial justice, with more than 400 parliamentarians and tens of thousands of supporters from all over the world.

This year’s Make Amazon Pay global day of action on Black Friday will be the largest strike and protest to date. Last year, the coalition organized more than 135 strikes and protests in 35 countries on Black Friday.

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