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AMAZON WORKERS TO STRIKE OVER

COMPANY'S CLIMATE CHANGE INACTION

Employees are demanding that the company

a PROTEST AGAINST achieves zero emissions by 2030

CLIMATE CHANGE INACTION More than 900 employees working at Amazon's Headquarters

in Seattle will stage a walkout on 20 th September , protesting
their Company's failure to take action in the fight against

Climate Change.

The protest is scheduled to begin at 11.30
Pacific time on September , 20 and is

part of a worldwide general strike
taking place ahead of the UN

Climate Action Summit on 23rd Sep.

The protest is led by 16-year old
ac vist Greta Thunberg.

Amazon employees are likely to be
joined by those from Microsoft and

Google .
Earlier this year, over 4000 Amazon employees formed

Amazon Employees for Climate Justice which co-signed an
open letter to CEO Jeff Bezos and the Company's Board of

Directors asking them to adopt a comprehensive Climate
Action Plan , which would include:-
* the Company's commitment to become a zero-emissions

company by 2030.
* the Company ending all its partnerships with oil companies.

* the Company stop funding lobbyists and politicians who deny
Climate Change is a real threat.

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