Amazon employees walk out to protest returning to the office, layoffs and stalled climate goals

Over 1,900 Amazon employees are participating in a walkout organized by Amazon Employees for Climate Justice in Seattle to protest the company's contribution to the climate crisis, job cuts, and mandates to return to the office.
The walkout was organized because the company's response to their demands wasn't rigorous enough to combat the current climate crisis, and the Climate Pledge is flawed because Amazon undercounted the company's carbon footprint.
The walkout follows widespread cost-cutting at Amazon, where layoffs have affected workers in advertising, human resources, gaming, stores, devices, and Amazon Web Services.
The employees are demanding a say in decisions that affect their lives and want to change Amazon's cost/benefit analysis on making harmful, unilateral decisions that disproportionately impact vulnerable people.
Amazon spokesperson Brad Glasser said the company stands by its decision to bring corporate employees back to the office and is working towards net carbon zero by 2040.