Thread by @EC_magazine

Today and tomorrow is #AmazonPrimeDay lets recap on why you should #BoycottAmazon instead:
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1. Working conditions at Amazon facilities have been unsafe during the pandemic, with thousands testing positive and being unable to isolate, resulting in widespread protests from workers #BoycottAmazon bit.ly/3dN7Rfu

2. Amazon workers have been treated poorly since before the pandemic, @The_TUC released a report in 2020 with employees working 55 hour weeks on average and feeling unable to take breaks or use the bathroom: tuc.org.uk/research-analy…

3. Amazon is bad for small businesses - including passing the cost of its tax avoidance onto its small business sellers after the UK Government announced a 2% digital services tax #TaxTechNow
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4. Amazon facial recognition software has enabled racial-bias and racial profiling, with the software disproportionately identifying black members of Congress, or Parliament as people who had been arrested and mugshots held in a police database:
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5. In 2019, it was revealed that Amazon had been offering special technology services to fossil fuel companies including Shell and BP, at a time when we need to be moving away from them! #FossilFuels
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6. In 2020, Amazon announced its target to be carbon neutral by 2040 but failed to explain how - while their emissions were last reported to be sat at 44.4 million tons CO2e a year bit.ly/32saHST

7. They repeatedly fired whistleblowers that spoke out against their poor practices during the pandemic: bit.ly/339CrNa

8. Amazon deleted job posts for ‘intelligence analysts' after they were widely publicised.
The roles included investigating the threat of organised labour against the company and monitoring ‘hostile political leaders’.

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9. Amazon held contracts with the Department of Homeland Security for software that tracks down immigrants, who are then detained and deported by ICE. #BoycottAmazon

10. Amazon aggressively avoid paying their tax, with an estimated loss of £52 million in the UK due to profit shifting alone. #TaxTechNow
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And this is just our top 10! There are plenty more reasons to #BoycottAmazon - but we have plenty of resources on how to avoid Amazon, which you can find here: bit.ly/3gK69wN