🗞️ Thousands of Amazon Workers Strike Globally in "Make Amazon Pay" Campaign
Coordinated global strike and protest campaign involving Amazon workers across six continents
This article covers a coordinated global strike and protest campaign involving Amazon workers across six continents from November 28 to December 1, 2025, targeting the company's labor practices, environmental record, and political influence during one of its busiest sales periods.
Key Points
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Global Coordination: From November 28 to December 1, 2025, Amazon workers, unions and allies across six continents are joining forces under the banner #Make Amazon Pay to strike and protest in global action co-convened by UNI Global Union and Progressive International
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Campaign Focus: Thousands will take to the streets, picket lines, warehouses, offices, and data centers with the intent to 'Make Amazon Pay' for alleged labour abuses, environmental degradation and threats to democracy
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Techno-Authoritarian Concerns: The campaign is taking direct aim at what organizers call a "techno-authoritarian future," which they describe as an emerging system where Big Tech and political forces merge to consolidate power, undermine democracy and erode workers' rights
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India Actions: Thousands will rally in New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and 20 other cities with a stated demand for fair wages, safe conditions, and protection from extreme heat, coordinated by AIWU
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US Protests: Cyber Monday protests across Chicago, Newark, New York City, Oakland, San Bernardino, and Washington, D.C. People will rally against Amazon's contracts which power Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)'s raids targeting Trump's detention and deportation agenda
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Canada and Germany: CSN to rally against Amazon in Montreal. Strikes at Amazon warehouses coordinated by the union ver.di in Germany
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Canadian Victory: In Canada, warehouse workers in Delta, British Columbia secured union certification with Unifor when the provincial labour board ruled that Amazon had unlawfully interfered in the organizing drive. The British Columbia Labour Relations Board ruled that Amazon's actions during the organizing campaign at its YVR5 facility, including a rapid hiring surge and anti-union messaging, compromised the fairness of the vote, making it the first Amazon facility in Canada to secure union representation
Date: November 28 - December 1, 2025
Author: UNI Global Union Staff
Source: UNI Global Union
Link: https://uniglobalunion.org/news/make-amazon-pay-day-2025/
