Some Amazon Employees Walk Out in Seattle to Protest Climate, Office Policies
SEATTLE—Some Amazon.com Inc. employees staged a walkout on Wednesday in protest of the e-commerce giant’s changes to its climate policy, layoffs, and a return-to-office mandate.
More than 100 people gathered in the afternoon by the Spheres, the glass-dome monument at the heart of Amazon’s Seattle headquarters, according to a Reuters witness. “Emissions climbing. Time to act!” the group chanted. “Stand together; don’t turn back!”
More than 1,900 employees had pledged to protest globally, according to the organizers, an activist group known as Amazon Employees for Climate Justice (AECJ).
Amazon said it had not observed actions other than in Seattle….