Three days before the UN summit, 1,700 Amazon employees in the United States will go on strike today to defend the climate.
A first that will date on Amazon, employees of the American giant go on strike to defend the climate!
Usually, there is a strike for wages, working conditions or the pension plan.
There, it's unheard of. Three days before the UN summit, 1,700 Amazon employees in the United States will go on strike today to defend the climate. This is the first strike at Amazon headquarters in 25 years of existence.
Employees denounce the inaction of their leaders in this area and it is true that we can question the sustainability of the Amazon model. Specifically, we order an article that comes from the other side of the country, delivered individually in a cardboard overpack with a van parked at the bottom of your home double file.
It's not terrible as an eco model.
How did Jeff Bezos (Amazon's boss) take it? What was his reaction?
At first, he reacted badly since employees, if they want to strike this Friday, must take a day off. There is a count, we are exactly 1703 declared strikers.
But it is not easy to oppose these claims for the planet, when one claims to be a big responsible company.
This Thursday, surprise, Jeff Bezos announces that he will reach the goals set by the Paris Agreements with 10 in advance, carbon neutrality from 2040. Concretely, the company promises to use 80% renewable energy of 2024 and 100% by 2030. The purchase of 100,000 electric vans, the use of bio-degradable packaging and reforestation campaigns.
In order for us to be able to measure progress, Amazon will regularly publish the volume of its C02 emissions. To follow and to watch especially.
But this climate strike is a first and it is another incentive to act, because the pressure now comes from all sides, consumers but also employees in the company.