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Amazon workers strike as ‘Prime’ shopping frenzy hits

Amazon workers at a main distribution centre in Minnesota, US have gone on strike today to protest poor working conditions ahead of its 'Prime' shopping event. – EPA pic, July 16, 2019.

AMAZON workers walked out of a main distribution centre in Minnesota on Monday, protesting for improved working conditions during the e-commerce titan’s major “Prime” shopping event. Amazon workers picketed outside the facility, briefly delaying a few trucks and waving signs with messages along the lines of “We’re human, not robots.”

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