1. Department: Nonfood

1,800 Amazon workers pledge to walk off the job today

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More than 1,800 Amazon employees, including about 870 in Seattle, plan to walk off the job today to protest the company’s progress on climate issues and its three-day back-to-office mandate. “We respect our employees’ rights to express their opinions,” Amazon said in a statement.

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