🔟 reasons to #BoycottAmazon courtesy of @ethicalconsumer

1. Its flagrant #TaxAvoidance

2. It has got a horrific reputation for #WorkersRights.

3. It threatens small #independent businesses.

4. It profits from #OilandGas.

5. It has failed to address its #Environmentalimpacts.

6. It is repeatedly accused of #racism.

7. It creates a hostile environment for #unions.

8. It has faced questions over #spying on politicians, trade unions, and consumers.

9. Stand in #solidarity with other campaigners all over the world.

10. Amazon workers say abuse comes at a high price for workers in the #CostOfLivingCrisis.

Read more about each on the Ethical Consumer website 👇

https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/retailers/ten-reasons-avoid-amazon

#AmazonFreeAugust

Hi friends 👋

Will you take a summer holiday from one of the world’s worst tax avoiders with me this #AmazonFreeAugust?

WHY?

👀 @ethicalconsumer calculated that Amazon's tax avoidance could have cost the UK economy around half a billion pounds in 2021, and its likely to have avoided a similar amount in 2022. To put another load on the pile, in 2023, Amazon UK Services even received a tax credit of £7.7 million.

Amazon hasn‘t only actively avoided paying taxes, it claimed back from the pot that other, taxpaying companies filled!

It has also been well known for trampling on the rights of its workers and aggressively opposing unionisation and organising efforts at its warehouses.

And to add to its violations, this year, for the first time, it was listed in the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) survey which is responsible for regulating the relationship between the UK’s largest grocery retailers and their direct suppliers. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Amazon jumped straight in to last place with almost four times as many accusations of code violations as the next company up.

Visit Ethical Consumer’s #AmazonFree #August page to take your pledge and #BoycottAmazon for the remainder of August: https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/ethical-campaigns-boycotts/amazon-free-august

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