Amazon employees worldwide are set to strike during the holiday shopping rush to protest against working conditions and corporate practices.
Amazon workers in more than 20 countries, including the U.S., plan to strike during the busy pre-Christmas shopping days between Black Friday and Cyber Monday to "make Amazon pay," strike organizers said Thursday. The "days of resistance" aim to "hold Amazon accountable for abuses, environmental degradation and threats to democracy," according to organizers UNI Global Union and Progressive International.
Amazon, in a statement to FOX Business, accused the organizers of being "intentionally misleading" and promoting a "false narrative." "The fact is, at Amazon we provide great pay, great benefits, and great opportunities — all from day one," Amazon spokesperson Eileen Hards said. "We’ve created more than 1.
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