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Protesters voice concerns on a host of issues ranging from workplace improvement, job security and worker’s rights

Former Amazon.com Inc. workers and labour organizers will visit some of the e-commerce giants Quebec locations today as part of a global movement urging the company to stop "squeezing" workers, communities and the planet.

SEATTLE (dpa-AFX) - A coalition of employee organizations, spanning across 30 countries, is planning to protest against Amazon on Black Friday. The Make Amazon Pay initiative is demanding the company

Former Amazon.com Inc. workers and labour organizers visited some of the e-commerce giant's Quebec locations Friday as part of a global movement urging the company to stop "squeezing" workers, communities and the planet.

Amazon workers around the world are reportedly planning to strike during Black Friday, one of the e-commerce giant's business time periods, demanding that the company "pays fairly and ceases awful, unsafe practices." Thousands have reportedly already walked out in the United States, Europe, and elsewhere.

And “peak season” is the right time for coordinated actions.

Unions, environmentalists and campaign groups will turn Black Friday into Make Amazon Pay Day with strikes and protests against the company

A recent meeting of rank-and-file Amazon organizers and union leaders began planning for Black Friday actions.

Could this November see the biggest coordinated international day of action at Amazon yet? Although Thanksgiving is a unique U.S. holiday, the day after—known as “Black Friday”—is celebrated in many countries as the opening of the Christmas shopping season. In Italy, for example, merchants offer Black Friday discounts that fill their stores with the same bargain-hungry

NEW YORK--A new report from Demos and For Us, Not Amazon (FUNA)--a coalition against an Amazon takeover in Northern Virginia--highlights how organizers are