Amazon workers strike or protest across the world on Black Friday

Yahoo Finance's Dani Romero reports on the Black Friday protests organized by Amazon workers in the Make Amazon Pay coalition.

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KARINA MITCHELL: We want to switch gears to on this sea of red, it seems like a red Friday but it is actually Black Friday as well. And Amazon workers have taken today to decide to do a global protest. It's underway as Amazon employees push to improve working conditions and demand accountability from top executives. Joining us with more on this is Yahoo Finance's Dani Romero, what do we know so far?

DANI ROMERO: Yeah, Karina. Workers and activists from the coalition, Make Amazon Pay, they are making it very clear that they want better working conditions. They're demanding for an increase in salaries as well as better job security. And also what they call a suspension of harsh productivity and surveillance from Amazon. From what we know from this campaign is that individuals from oil refineries, to factories, to warehouses, to data centers, as well as corporate offices, will be participating in this protest. However, it's unclear how many or where will these protests actually happen here in the US or globally as well.

So I did reach out to the organization and have not heard back yet on those details. I also reached out to Amazon and they sent us this statement that reads in part, "These groups represent a variety of interests, while we are not perfect in any area, if you objectively look at what Amazon is doing in each of these areas, you'll see that we do take our role and our impact very seriously." And "We are inventing and investing significantly in all of these areas."

And I do want to note that these protests follows the push for unionization. Just last month a warehouse in Staten Island, New York filed for a union vote. So you definitely hear that there-- Amazon is under a lot of pressure right now.

KARINA MITCHELL: All right. The group also saying, putting out a statement saying, "Amazon places profits ahead of workers, society and our planet." So definitely fighting words there. Dani Romero, thank you so much for that report.