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Headline seems to be misleading; the article itself and the primary source (https://makeamazonpay.com/ https://makeamazonpay.com/) indicate that some form of pr
by LukeShu 5y ago
Headline seems to be misleading; the article itself and the primary source (https://makeamazonpay.com/ https://makeamazonpay.com/) indicate that some form of protest will be going on in 20 countries; in not all of the countries is it a strike by Amazon employees.
I couldn't find an explicit list of the 20 countries, but the primary source has a map of where events will be taking place. By clicking each point on the map, I think I counted them all (I counted 21):
1 Argentina
2 Australia
3 Austria
4 Bangladesh
5 Belgium
6 Brazil
7 Cambodia
8 Canada
9 England
10 France
11 Germany
12 India
13 Ireland
14 Italy
15 Netherlands
16 New Zealand
17 Poland
18 Slovakia
19 South Africa
20 Spain
21 USA
- matharmin 5y agoSome of those countries don't even have any Amazon distribution centres. A lot of those are protests by activists - not workers, and not related to working conditions at all. The title is not just misleading - it's completely wrong.
- riffraff 5y agooddly enough, in Italy there will be a protest, but it's none of the people listed in the article: there will be a strike from _drivers_ who deliver on behalf of Amazon[0]. Actual amazon logistics employees already have an agreement with the local unions and I assume won't protest[1]. [0] https://www.open.online/2021/11/13/amazon-sciopero-black-friday/ https://www.open.online/2021/11/13/amazon-sciopero-black-fri... [1] https://www.corriere.it/economia/lavoro/21_settembre_15/amazon-accordo-storico-relazioni-industriali-sindacati-ora-nuovo-contratto-5d9981c6-160d-11ec-a86d-66613f8ffd7b.shtml https://www.corriere.it/economia/lavoro/21_settembre_15/amaz...
- krageon 5y ago> activists - not workers People can be (and probably are) both.
- matharmin 5y agoThey can be both, but in many of the listed countries there aren't really Amazon workers (at least not warehouse staff), and they are not "[striking] for better working conditions" as stated in the headline. That is part of the #MakeAmazonPay movement, but it's not all the movement is, and saying that employees are striking in 20 countries is completely false.
- unanswered 5y ago> saying that employees are striking in 20 countries is completely false. It elicited the desired feelings and therefore it was completely true.
- MomoXenosaga 5y agoThis is going to help bol.com fight off Amazon this Christmas season.
- aixi 5y agoArgentina doesn't even have Amazon retail, they only hire for AWS and Ring as far as I'm aware, and I don't think they are striking.