Amazon workers are overworked and underpaid.[ [link removed] ]Amazon employees work around the clock and still barely get by. It's
past time for them to get a real raise—sign the petition!

Dear MoveOn member,

Between July and September of last year, Amazon amassed $158.9 billion in
sales.^1 And the tech giant's CEO, Andy Jassy, took home $29.2 million in
2023,^2 a whopping 730 times the amount his lowest-paid Amazon worker
made.^3

You read that correctly. Amazon rakes in billions of dollars each year,
pays its executives with exorbitant compensation packages, and leaves the
vast majority of its employees struggling to make ends meet.

[ [link removed] ]It's past time to even the playing field and give workers what they
deserve. Will you sign our petition calling on Amazon to give its workers
a meaningful raise?

Amazon workers face enormous pressure to deliver at robotic levels of
productivity by management who choose to prioritize delivery speeds and
bottom lines over the health and safety of their workers. Meanwhile, a
recent survey found that more than half of employees report food
insecurity and nearly 48% reported housing insecurity.^4 Amazon workers
deserve better working conditions and a fair wage.

Last summer, Amazon workers in California staged a one-day unfair labor
practice strike; workers in Kentucky also went on strike for part of a
day, forcing entire planes to reroute. In response, the company increased
their pay by a measly $1.50 an hour—but with billions in profits every
single year, CEO Andy Jassy can do much better than that.

[ [link removed] ]Amazon employees work around the clock to sort, box, and deliver our
packages in rapid time. They deserve to be fairly compensated—add your
name to support their fight for fair wages!

Amazon workers are overworked and underpaid. It's time for fair wages now!

[4]Sign the petition

The biggest warehouse employer in the country, Amazon employs more than a
million people in the United States—and that doesn't include external
contractors. Still, data suggests the corporation pays less than other
warehouse employers.^5

If Amazon workers get a significant raise, it will literally change the
livelihoods of millions of people and create a ripple effect across the
country—helping families, stabilizing communities, and creating better
futures.

[ [link removed] ]Amazon has the responsibility—and the funds—to make this a reality.
Will you sign the petition to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy demanding workers get
paid fairly for their relentless labor?

Make no mistake—these are tough jobs. Data shows that last year Amazon's
reported injuries spiked around Prime Days and Cyber Monday and that the
serious injury rate at Amazon warehouses is double the rate of non-Amazon
warehouses.^6

Amazon workers deliver results by literally putting their bodies on the
line. They deserve real wages that truly reflect the demanding labor
required of them—and we know the multi-billion dollar company can afford
it. [ [link removed] ]Add your name to be in solidarity with these workers and call for
the raise they deserve.

Together, we can deliver to get Amazon workers the salaries they deserve.

Thanks for all you do.

–Nur, Executive Director, Coworker.org

Sources:

1. "Amazon Reports Record $15.3 Billion Profit," The New York Times,
October 31, 2024
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2. "Exec pay: New filing shows how much Amazon CEO Andy Jassy made in
compensation in 2023," GeekWire, April 11, 2024
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3. "Amazon increases hourly pay by $1.50, adds free Prime membership for
thousands of workers," Retail Dive, September 20, 2024
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4. "Amazon Workers Say They Struggle to Afford Food and Rent," TIME, May
15, 2024
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5. "A Good Living: Amazon Can and Must Make a Middle-Income Livelihood
Possible for the People Who Work in Its Warehouses," National Employment
Law Project, September 26, 2023
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6. "Amazon Prime Day 'major cause of injuries' for workers, Senate finds,"
CNN, July 17, 2024
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