Amazon workers upset over job cuts, return-to-office mandate stage walkout

The lunchtime protest comes a week after the company’s annual shareholder meeting.

SEATTLE — A group of Amazon workers upset about recent layoffs, a return-to-office mandate and the company’s environmental impact staged a walkout at the company’s Seattle headquarters Wednesday.

The lunchtime protest comes a week after Amazon’s annual shareholder meeting and a month after a policy took effect requiring workers to return to the office three days per week.

“We respect our employees’ rights to express their opinions,” the company said in a statement.

As of Wednesday morning, more than 1,900 employees had pledged to walk out around the world, with

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