NEW YORK (New York Post) - Seattle-based Amazon workers have plans to walk off the job on May 31 in an act of retaliation over layoffs and return-to-office mandates.
At least 1,000 employees at Amazon’s Seattle headquarters will participate in the walkout, which was announced over Slack and email messages that were reviewed by the Washington Post.
“We’re really walking out to show leadership is taking us in the wrong direction and employees need a say in the decisions that affect our lives,” one of Amazon’s Seattle-based software engineers anonymously told the Seattle Times.
“It’s a one-day walkout to show power,” the worker said.
Employees disgruntled over Amazon’s return-to-office mandate, which took effect May 1, as well as members of Amazon Employees for Climate Justice are partaking in the walkout, the Times reported.
According to the Slack message, the walkout from the Spheres at Amazon’s South Lake Union campus is contingent on 1,000 employees participating and will take place during lunch, when many employees are typically outside that area.
Employees based at Amazon campuses elsewhere in the US are also taking part, with reported plans to log off for the day after their lunch break.