So this story has been read over a quarter of a million times—to me, it's a sign of the rising interest and support for pushing companies to act on climate change, and the growing solidarity with workers challenging the status quohttps://twitter.com/bcmerchant/status/1131288269159710720 …
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I used to write stories like this—abt climate change & companies' failures to address it—& they'd pass like blips in the wind. Lots has changed—the urgency of the crisis, more organizing, Green New Deal,
@sunrisemvmt,@AOC's advocacy, etc—& so has the drive to fight this thing.1 reply 0 retweets 12 likesShow this thread -
Another good sign: So much great press coverage. Here's a nice dispatch from outside the Amazon shareholder meeting where employees rallied for climate leadership from
@pasternack here:https://www.fastcompany.com/90354389/the-dramatic-moment-when-an-amazon-worker-asked-jeff-bezos-to-protect-planet-earth …1 reply 0 retweets 3 likesShow this thread -
Here's
@kari_paul at@GuardianUS on the worker action:https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/may/22/amazon-workers-climate-crisis-board-jeff-bezos …1 reply 1 retweet 4 likesShow this thread -
CNN, CBS, Business Insider etc etc local news all covered it.
@AMZNforClimate deserves a lot of credit for the smart organizing, for *making* it a story, too, but the impulse is there now, it's more latent than ever. Which is good news, ofc, seeing as how the planet is on fire2 replies 0 retweets 5 likesShow this thread
We were on the cover of Sunday’s Seattle Times.
Nice reporting from @bromano:
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/employees-are-pressuring-amazon-to-become-a-leader-on-climate-heres-how-that-could-work/?amp=1 …pic.twitter.com/YuY8bPTF1W
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