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