Climate activists blocked Amazon warehouses in three European countries on Friday as part of a global effort to pressure the e-commerce giant on one of the busiest days of the year to improve working conditions and end environmental damage. Commercial activity.

Members of Extinction Rebellion targeted 13 Amazon fulfillment centers in the United Kingdom with the aim of interrupting 50% of the company's deliveries on Black Friday, marking the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season. They held similar protests in Germany and the Netherlands.

The organization stated: “This action aims to draw attention to Amazon’s exploitative and environmentally destructive business practices, the disregard of workers’ rights in the name of company profits, and the waste of Black Friday.” It vowed to stay on the scene.

The police said that at least 30 people were arrested in multiple locations in the UK, some of whom were arrested on suspicion of serious trespass or public nuisance.

Extinction Rebellion and dozens of other militant organizations in the United States and around the world will organize a day of global protests and strikes on Friday to oppose Amazon, demanding that the company provide better working conditions, commit to sustainable operations, and pay a fair share of Taxes.

In the United States, labor activists plan to stage a small protest at the Amazon Logistics Center in Staten Island, New York. British activists blocked the entrance to the Amazon warehouse in Tilbury, east London, with a portrait of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos sitting on top of the rocket.

At Amazon’s distribution center in Dunfermline, Scotland, about 20 members of the Extinction Rebellion put up banners on the entrance road with the words “Let Amazon Pay” and then locked themselves together to prevent trucks from entering. Some people couldn’t leave. .

Amazon did not directly respond to the protests in response to a request for comment, but said that the company took its responsibilities "very seriously".

"This includes our commitment to achieve net zero carbon by 2040-10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement-providing generous salaries and benefits in a safe and modern working environment, and supporting the tens of thousands of small British businesses that sell in our stores ," the company said.

Extinction rebel activists also blocked the Amazon logistics center in the central German town of Bad Hersfeld by building a temporary bamboo scaffolding, which they used to hang themselves in the air. According to a video posted on the organization's German Facebook page, the authorities later removed them with the help of a ladder truck from the fire department. The organization held a similar protest at the Amazon factory at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.