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Christian Smalls was working in an Amazon warehouse when the coronavirus
pandemic started, and he soon realized that he and his fellow employees
were in grave danger. Amazon was not providing PPE or mandating proper
social distancing, and a fellow employee died of the virus.(1)

Smalls courageously organized the warehouse workers to demand better
health care protections -- and Amazon promptly fired him. 

Now Smalls has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of the workers, who
are mostly Latinx and Black. We consumers need to have his back, as well
as that of all the warehouse workers who continue to suffer under Amazon's
terrible working conditions.

Amazon has launched its "Black Friday Week" today, and we want to convince
as many people as possible to avoid this sale and shop local
instead. Here's how you can help.

[ [link removed] ]First, if you haven't already, please sign our pledge to #BlackOutBezos
on Black Friday and Cyber Monday this year and shop local instead.

Next, make sure to tell your friends and family why you're not shopping
with Amazon during the busiest shopping days of the season. There are
plenty of reasons, including:

* The corporation was caught purposely stealing product ideas in order
to put third-party merchants out of business.(2)
* Nearly 20,000 of its warehouse workers have contracted COVID-19 due to
its practices.
* Employees are twice as likely to be injured than in other similar
jobs.(3)
* CEO Jeff Bezos is amassing a level of wealth never before seen in
America -- now at $200 billion.(4)

Click and share one or more of these social media images on your Facebook,
Twitter, and Instagram pages to help spread the word!

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This holiday season, you can stand in courage and support your neighbors
while sending a strong message to Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos: Stop exploiting
for profit! Be sure to #BlackOutBezos this Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

[ [link removed] ]Click here to sign our pledge!

Yours in the fight against corporate power,

Irene, along with Angela, Annie, Caitlin, Deepthi, Gabby, Jay, Lindsay,
Molly, Raquel, and Scottie (the Courage team)

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