Amazon workers upset over layoffs and return-to-office mandate plan walkout
A group of Amazon workers upset about recent layoffs, a return-to-office mandate and the company’s environmental impact is planning a walkout at its Seattle headquarters next week
By AP News
Published - May 23, 2023, 03:57 PM ET
Last Updated - Jun 21, 2023, 04:54 PM EDT
SEATTLE (AP) — A group of Amazon workers who are upset about recent layoffs, a return-to-office mandate and the company's environmental impact is planning a walkout at its Seattle headquarters next week.
The lunchtime protest is planned for May 31, a week after Amazon's annual shareholder meeting and a month after a policy took effect requiring workers to return to the office three days per week, The Seattle Times reported. It's contingent on at least 1,000 Amazon employees from the company’s Seattle headquarters agreeing to participate.
The Washington Post first reported the plans.
"We respect our employees’ rights to express their opinions,” the company said in a statement.
