In a petition posted on an internal system, more than 800 Amazon employees are asking the company to contribute toward “reparations” for Pakistan, which suffered devastating flooding last summer and fall.
Many Amazon workers whose families in Pakistan faced devastating floods last year say the company needs to do more on climate change.Jan. 10, 2023, 12:51 PM UTCMore than 800 Amazon employees are calling on the company to step up its response to climate change through foreign aid — a sign internal activism is still alive at tech companies despite layoffs and a looming economic downturn.
The employees say the aid is a way for Amazon to take greater responsibility for its role in producing theIn a petition posted on an internal system, the workers are asking Amazon to contribute toward “reparations” for Pakistan, which suffered devastating flooding last summer and fall, by matching employee donations to relief efforts, according to screenshots given to NBC News. They also want the company to match employee donations in future climate related disasters.
“Amazon’s success and scale comes with a broad responsibility,” the petition reads. “As Amazonians, we are proud to uphold our leadership principles, and in that spirit, we owe it to our workforce, our customers, and the planet we live on to mitigate the harm our operations cause.”was started by Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, a group of workers that has pushed the company on climate issues for years.
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