FILE – Employees walk through a lobby at Amazon’s headquarters on Nov. 13, 2018, in Seattle. A group of Amazon workers upset about recent layoffs, a return-to-office mandate and the company’s environmental impact is planning a walkout at its Seattle headquarters Wednesday. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

It emerged that Amazon workers were planning a walkout at the company’s Seattle headquarters on Wednesday. As of Tuesday night, more than 1,800 employees had pledged to walk out around the world, including about 870 in Seattle, according to Amazon Employees for Climate Justice. “We respect our employees’ rights to express their opinions,” the company said.

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