Global Climate Strike: How Amazon workers forced Jeff Bezos' hand
Unlike some of its rival technology giants, Amazon.com Inc. has never claimed a loftier purpose than selling its shoppers what they want, quickly and cheaply. Its mission statement: to be "Earth's most customer-centric company."
As political storms have overtaken Facebook and Alphabet's Google in the last few years, Amazon's pursuit of commerce over utopian visions has mostly served it well, insulating it from charges of bias or hypocrisy and helping it remain one of Americans' most trusted brands. But, in the last few months, a growing contingent of employees has been calling for the company to embrace the mantle of higher corporate responsibility and help combat the perils of climate change.
On Friday, hundreds of Amazon employees plan to walk out of the firm's Seattle headquarters, and from Amazon offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco and other U.S. cities, as part of a global "climate strike" also including employees of other companies, students and youth groups. The effort is timed ahead
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