Amazon employees demand to combat climate change

This Friday will be held in 140 passes a Strike against Climate Change (Global Climate Strike) headed by activist Greta Thunberg, to which more than 1,500 Amazon employees will be added, who this week published a list of requests to their company to join the battle.

The group called Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, asks Amazon to commit to an agenda that makes zero emissions possible by 2030, zero Amazon Web Services custom contracts for fossil fuel companies to accelerate the extraction of oil and gas, and zero funds for lobbyists and politicians They deny the weather.

“Young people around the world have left school to draw attention to the climate crisis. We are responding to his call to leave because our role, as employees of one of the largest companies in the world, means that we must push for a climate plan that will lead us to zero emissions throughout the company by 2030, ”said Bobby Gordon, manager Amazon finance in Seattle, in a press release, which was prepared by the Amazon activist group.

Danilo Quilaton, product designer at Twitch, one of Amazon's subsidiary companies, said that Amazon's employees are deeply concerned about the climate crisis and that its ravages are already beginning to show in people's lives. We have seen how rising sea levels and increased hurricane activity are eroding the coast and devastating sea turtle habitats where I have grown and lived all my life. The climate strike is about showing Amazon that employees want climate justice to be central to our business and show true climate leadership. ”

Amazon employees will not be the only ones from a technology company that protest this Friday. Members of

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