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Workers and activists launch global strikes against Amazon for Black Friday

Coordinated protests in over 30 countries aim to challenge Amazon's record profits and expanding data centre empire.

By Faultline AI Desk 2 min read

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Workers and citizens in over 30 countries have launched globally coordinated strikes and protests against Amazon under the Make Amazon Pay campaign, according to Socialist Project. The actions are scheduled around Black Friday, with Socialist Project reporting a global day of action on 27 November 2026, while labournet.de reports that strikes and protests will take place from 27 to 30 November across more than 20 countries. This mobilisation targets a logistics giant that amasses record fortunes while expanding its infrastructure and surveillance capabilities.

Profits, power and corporate surveillance

Behind Amazon's wealth are warehouse, delivery, tech, and garment workers, alongside communities bearing the environmental costs of its data centres. According to Socialist Project, Amazon made a record $77.7 billion in profit in 2025, and its carbon emissions rose 16%. Labournet.de reports that the company recently recorded an operating profit of $28.1 billion in a single quarter—a 61 per cent increase year-on-year—with Amazon Web Services generating $17.8 billion at a margin of nearly 39 per cent.

Despite these figures, Socialist Project and labournet.de note that the company resists paying its fair share of tax and has cut around 30,000 corporate headquarters jobs since October 2025. Socialist Project reports that Amazon plans to spend $220 billion in 2026, much of it on AI and data centres that place unprecedented demands on water and electricity. The organisation also notes that internal plans envisage using robots to avoid hiring more than 600,000 workers in the US by 2033.

Global resistance from below

The Make Amazon Pay campaign brings together over 80 organisations working toward labour, tax, climate, data, and racial justice, alongside more than 400 parliamentarians and tens of thousands of supporters worldwide, according to Socialist Project. Workers and movements have secured various victories in recent struggles. Socialist Project highlights that workers in Italy won a nationwide agreement curbing surveillance; in India, strikes helped secure social-security protections for delivery workers; in Chile, actors won a $7.3 million judgment against Prime Video; in Canada, warehouse workers won union recognition; and in Germany, union organisers secured works councils.

Community resistance has also impacted Amazon's infrastructure plans. Socialist Project notes that in the United States, Amazon has withdrawn data centre plans in the face of growing community resistance, on top of its $2.5 billion consumer fine. Separately, labournet.de reports that Amazon abandoned plans for four new data centres in Virginia last month following resistance from residents and local authorities.

What comes next

Workers, trade unions, civil society organisations, and environmental groups are organising coordinated actions to hold the corporation accountable. Labournet.de states that actions will run from 27 November to 30 November 2026. Participants are demanding decent wages, safe working conditions, union rights, fair taxation, climate justice, and enforceable regulations in the public interest regarding Amazon's expanding data centre empire.

This piece was generated automatically by an AI model from the sources listed below. It has not been reviewed by a human editor.

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