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Workers at Amazon fulfilment centre STL8 walked off the job to demand better conditions on Friday November 25, 2022 in St. Peters, Missouri, US
AMAZON staff and their supporters have staged rallies in dozens of countries worldwide to demand better conditions while kicking off fresh efforts to unionise the retail giant’s workforce.
The protests were timed to coincide with Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year.
Amazon workers say that Black Friday puts additional stress on them as they struggle to keep up with demand.
Organised workers at the notoriously anti-union global giant are scoring victory after victory, and now international bodies are pitching in to finally force this figurehead of corporate capitalism to give in to unionisation, writes EMILIO AVELAR
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