Protests at Amazon HQ object to use of fossil fuels in Oregon
A protest Wednesday morning at Amazon headquarters pitted activists, objecting to the use of fossil fuels, against company employees trying to get to work.
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A protest Wednesday morning at Amazon headquarters pitted activists, objecting to the use of fossil fuels, against company employees trying to get to work.
A protest Wednesday at Amazon HQ pitted activists, objecting to the use of fossil fuels, against company employees trying to get to work.
The company has disciplined union supporters and fired one in recent weeks, ahead of a trial that will weigh their right to interact with co-workers.
The Washington Post reported last week that as many as 1,000 workers at the Amazon corporate offices in Seattle are planning to walk off the job on Wednesday, May 31 to protest the ongoing attacks on jobs and working conditions at the $1.2 trillion company.
As recently as four years ago, the blue-gray vehicle with the smiley arrow was a relative novelty among fleets of brown and blue-and-white delivery trucks clogging the streets. Today, Amazon vans are almost inescapable. Between 2020 and 2022, their numbers more than doubled, to roughly 100,000.