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      With HQ Walkout, Amazon Workers Say 'Hell No' to Climate Failures and Return-to-Office Mandate

      "Today looks like it might be the start of a new chapter in Amazon's history," one organizer of the nationwide protest remarked optimistically.

      Brett Wilkins
      May 31, 2023

      More than 1,000 Amazon corporate workers and allies rallied outside the e-commerce giant's Seattle headquarters on Wednesday to protest the company's return-to-work policy and what they called its failure to fulfill its climate pledge.

      Sign and chant slogans during the Seattle lunchtime rally—which was organized by Amazon Employees for Climate Justice and Amazon's Remote Advocacy group—included "Amazon: Strive Harder," "Stop Greenwashing," and "Hell No, RTO,"—a rebuke of a mandate from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy to return to the office at least three days per week.

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