Seattle, Washington - Amazon workers in more than 20 countries are taking action this Black Friday for labor rights, fair taxation, and climate justice.

The Make Amazon Pay campaign will see labor unions and workers' groups launch a series of strikes and protests against the e-commerce giant from Black Friday (November 29) through Cyber Monday (December 2).

Participating workers are located in the US, the UK, France, Germany, Brazil, India, Japan, and more countries.

The campaigners are demanding Amazon:

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• raise workers' wages and extend benefits, including sick leave and adequate break times
  
• end the surveillance of workers and harsh productivity quotas
• stop union busting and engage in collective bargaining
  
• commit to zero emissions by 2030
  
• transition to electric vehicles in communities most impacted by the company's pollution
• pay its taxes in full
• end partnerships with institutionally racist police forces and immigration authorities

Make Amazon Pay is a coalition of more than 80 groups worldwide, led by the UNI Global Union and Progressive International. They have organized Black Friday actions annually since 2020.

The campaign notes that Amazon's founder Jeff Bezos was the first person in history to amass $200 billion in personal wealth, while its workers often labor under extreme conditions and make barely enough to get by.

On top of that, Amazon Employees for Climate Justice found in a 2024 report that the company's annual carbon emissions have gone up by 34.5% since 2019, despite a corporate pledge to reach net-zero by 2040. Amazon accounts for more pollution than the 71 lowest-emitting countries combined.