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A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest outside the Amazon headquarters during Black Friday in London, Britain, November 24, 2023.
Global Amazon strike planned for Black Friday and Cyber Monday
Amazon workers around the globe are planning to protest or strike on Black Friday and Cyber Monday – the two busiest shopping days of the year. This is the fourth annual Make America Pay protest to disrupt Amazon’s holiday operations, and it’s also expected to be the largest, with warehouse workers and delivery drivers in 20 countries taking part.
Disruptions are planned in major metropolitan hubs in countries like the US, India, Turkey, Germany, Italy, Spain, Canada, Japan, Brazil and many more. Strikers are calling for Amazon – which is owned by billionaire Jeff Bezos – to pay fairer wages and more taxes, end union busting, and commit to environmental sustainability.
The strike is being spearheaded by a global union for service industries encompassing 80 trade unions and worker rights groups.
In London, protesters will deliver a petition with more than 110,000 signatures to its UK headquarters, followed by a march to Downing Street. The petition calls for the government to stop tax breaks for Amazon and other big corporations. Amazon is facing similar calls from the EU, as countries increasingly pressure multinational corporations and tech giants that make profits within their borders to pay into their governments’ coffers.
The Graphic Truth: This day dwarfs Black Friday
Black Friday in the US is no longer the most lucrative day globally for online sales. Less than a decade ago, it was overtaken by Singles Day, an unofficial shopping holiday for unmarried people in China championed by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba. Alibaba's competitor JD has since entered the fray, and now both independently exceed the performance of US online retailers on America's big annual internet spending spree around Thanksgiving. Still, China's population size is more than four times that of the US, and Chinese online shoppers spend a lot less per capita than Americans. We look at online sales on Alibaba and JD compared to those in the US on Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined.
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