Thread by @athenaforall, No BigTech at DOJhttps://twitter.com/clairekelloway/status/1350527469422571530 Amazon's Whole Foods just cut breaks for workers. [...]

No BigTech at DOJ https://twitter.com/clairekelloway/status/1350527469422571530

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Amazon's Whole Foods just cut breaks for workers. (yes, during a pandemic.) https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3gqgx/whole-foods-is-cutting-thousands-of-workers-paid-break-time-from-15-to-10-minutes

Whole Foods Is Cutting Some Workers' Paid Break Time from 15 to 10 Minutes

The Amazon subsidiary says the policy change is part of an effort to "maximize [ ] productivity."

https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3gqgx/whole-foods-is-cutting-thousands-of-workers-paid-break-time-from-15-to-10-minutes

Amazon's Ring works with law enforcement to expand surveillance. https://www.newsweek.com/amazon-ring-drones-monitor-protests-1523856

Police are monitoring Black Lives Matter protests with Ring doorbell data and drones, activists say

Amazon Ring has partnerships with more than 1,300 law enforcement agencies across the U.S. while drones are operated by more than 1,000 agencies, according to a new searchable database.

https://www.newsweek.com/amazon-ring-drones-monitor-protests-1523856

Amazon also tracks worker and environmental justice activists exercising their actual rights https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dp3yn/amazon-leaked-reports-expose-spying-warehouse-workers-labor-union-environmental-groups-social-movements

Secret Amazon Reports Expose Company Spying on Labor, Environmental Groups

Leaked documents reveal Amazon's reliance on Pinkerton operatives to spy on workers and its extensive monitoring of labor unions and social movements.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dp3yn/amazon-leaked-reports-expose-spying-warehouse-workers-labor-union-environmental-groups-social-movements

There's also this problem https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-scooped-up-data-from-its-own-sellers-to-launch-competing-products-11587650015

Amazon Scooped Up Data From Its Own Sellers to Launch Competing Products

Contrary to assertions to Congress, employees often consulted sales information on third-party vendors when developing private-label merchandise. “We knew we shouldn’t,” said one former employee who...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-scooped-up-data-from-its-own-sellers-to-launch-competing-products-11587650015

Public officials have questions https://www.geekwire.com/2020/ags-13-states-probe-amazon-covid-19-infections-deaths-warehouses/

AGs from 13 states probe Amazon on COVID-19 infections and deaths in warehouses

The top government lawyers in 13 states are calling on Amazon to release data on the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths among the tech giant's workforce. The attorneys general sent letters Tuesday...

https://www.geekwire.com/2020/ags-13-states-probe-amazon-covid-19-infections-deaths-warehouses/

And answers can be hard to come by https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-14/california-lawsuit-amazon-workplace-conditions-covid-19

California demands that Amazon comply with COVID-19 investigation

The California attorney general’s office issued subpoenas in August as part of an investigation into Amazon’s protocols for protecting employees from COVID-19.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-14/california-lawsuit-amazon-workplace-conditions-covid-19

Working people and communities - especially communities of color - have been waiting for justice for a long time. We need a DOJ that's focused on protecting *our* rights: as neighbors, workers, independent business, customers. Not the big biz that preys on us. No Big Tech at DOJ.

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