| Friend, The Federal Trade Commission just announced that Amazon is going to repay $60 million in unpaid tips it withheld from 140,000 delivery drivers.(1) It's just the latest of a number of media exposés on how Amazon does business, including how the megacorporation underpaid and even fired workers on medical leave, and that it's relaunching the anti-union efforts that the National Labor Relations Board censured it for.(2,3) Public pressure is building on the corporation, and it's beginning to work to change how things are done. Now is the time to hit Amazon where it hurts -- in the wallet. Last year, Amazon made nearly $5 billion on Black Friday and Cyber Monday alone.(4) As small businesses across the nation are suffering, Amazon has been gobbling up more and more of the economy. And it’s not passing those record profits on to its 1.3 million workers in any meaningful way. Right now, we’re at a tipping point with Amazon. The country is in the middle of a labor uprising, and we, as the consumers, need to have these workers’ backs. If we do nothing, Amazon will continue to run roughshod over its employees and our communities, and nothing will change. But if enough people shop local, support small businesses, and stop clicking “add to cart” on Amazon over the next two months, we can pressure the megacorporation to reform. Amazon counts on the holiday season to rake in billions of dollars, and we need to leverage our power as consumers to send the billion-dollar corporation a message: Stop abusing your employees! Courage California has designed an eye-catching ad campaign, and our coalition is going to run it online and in print to rally people to reject Amazon and embrace community businesses this holiday season. And the more money we can raise right now, the wider we can spread our ads. Yours in the fight for employee dignity, Angela, along with Amber, Annie, Caitlin, Irene, Jay, Lindsay, LisaMarie, Molly, Raquel, and Scottie (the Courage team) PS: Courage California is fighting for equity and justice across the state and country. Will you become a monthly donor and help sustain our work? Donations go to support all of Courage California's work for a more progressive California and country. Follow us now on Facebook or Twitter! Footnotes:  |
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