0320.json

{
    "id": 302,
    "date": "2020/08/09",
    "sources": [
        "https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/at-work/fired-amazon-workers-stage-protest-outside-jeff-bezos-mansion/news-story/e5d5dcaa060c59496d09b96c094982bd",
        "https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/protest-held-in-front-of-jeff-bezos-penthouse-in-new-york/vi-BB17Nfe9",
        "https://twitter.com/mollycrabapple/status/1292565661517062150"
    ],
    "actions": [
        "protest"
    ],
    "struggles": [
        "pay and benefits",
        "unfair labor practices",
        "working conditions"
    ],
    "employment_types": [
        "blue collar workers",
        "inhouse workers"
    ],
    "description": "Several dozen Former Amazon workers held a protest outside of Jeff Bezos' New York City penthouse to call for greater protections for warehouse workers during the pandemic, along with the right to unionize and a national wealth tax on the top 3 percent of earners. The protest was organized by Christian Smalls, a former Amazon employee who was fired after organizing a walkout to protest the company's handling of coronavirus. Since then, Smalls has founded an organizedcalled the Congress of Essential Workers, dedicated to protecting workers during the pandemic. ",
    "online": null,
    "locations": [
        "new york city-new york-usa"
    ],
    "companies": [
        "amazon"
    ],
    "workers": 24,
    "tags": [
        "coronavirus"
    ],
    "author": [
        "nataliyaned"
    ],
    "latlngs": [
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    ],
    "addresses": [
        "Amazon, 55, Bay Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn, Kings County, City of New York, New York, 11231, United States"
    ]
}