"Amazon crime": Greenpeace demonstrates against Black Friday in front of their headquarters in Munich

Created: 2022-11-25 09:51

By: Tanja Kipke

Greenpeace protests against Black Friday in front of the Amazon headquarters in Munich.

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"Amazon crime": Greenpeace is demonstrating in front of Amazon's headquarters in Munich against today's Black Friday.

Munich – Greenpeace activists used the morning of today's Black Friday to demonstrate in front of the Amazon headquarters in Munich.

The organization shared a photo of the action on Twitter at 9 a.m.

She writes: "NOW: Greenpeace activists protest against the consumer battles on #BlackFriday at @amazonDE.

This business model fuels the destruction of nature and the climate crisis.

#AmazonCrime.”

Black Friday: Greenpeace demonstrates in front of Amazon headquarters in Munich

In the photo you can see that several climbers had scaled the facade of the building.

They changed the company logo from Amazon to "Amazon crime".

They also hung a huge banner that read "Black Friday.

Destruction of Nature as a Business Model” on the Glassdade of the building.

According to media reports, around 25 activists are currently on site.

Four of them have set up a Google pin and are holding a sign that reads “Species extinction begins here”.

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The "Description" of the location reads "Resource Destruction".

Black Friday: Verdi demands better pay for Amazon employees

Verdi is also demonstrating against the US group this Friday.

Verdi has repeatedly asked the US company for better pay for mail order employees and for recognition of the collective bargaining agreement in the retail sector.

Amazon had already rejected the criticism and referred to starting wages including bonuses of at least 13 euros per hour.

Greenpeace accused the company of contributing to excessive consumption, packaging waste and wasting resources with the annual discount battle at the end of November.

Regardless of this protest action, the group has been emphasizing its measures against environmental pollution and CO2 pollution for some time.

The company wants to gradually replace diesel trucks and delivery vans with electric vehicles in freight transport.