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Employee Protests Are on the Rise at Retailers Like Amazon and Walmart

Corporate change may follow, but not as quickly as desired

photo of guns on the right, people protesting in the middle and packs of cigarettes on the left — Large retailers are seeing more employees protesting to get a better quality of life and against certain business decisions.Michele Eve Sandberg/Corbis via Getty Images; Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Dania Maxwell/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

October 14, 2019

With a rallying cry of “We are humans, not robots,” workers in Amazon’s warehouses have walked out multiple times this year over issues like a 30-hour-per-week cap and working conditions.

Lisa Lacy

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Lisa Lacy is Adweek's commerce editor.

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Employee Protests Are on the Rise at Retailers Like Amazon and Walmart

Corporate change may follow, but not as quickly as desired

Lisa Lacy

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