Ethical Consumer magazine have "called a boycott of Amazon over its outrageous tax avoidance since 2012. The list of accusations against Amazon is long, from tax avoidance, offering its services to fossil fuel giants and firing activist workers."
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🔟 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

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Ten reasons to avoid Amazon | Ethical Consumer

From ongoing abuses of its workers to aggressive tax avoidance, we list ten reasons to avoid Amazon.

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Hi friends 👋

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

WHY?

👀 @[email protected] 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 Amazon Free 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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This month is Amazon Free August.

Tax avoidance, workers’ rights abuses, climate change contribution, or any of the many other ethical problems associated with Amazon are reasons why people around the UK have decided to boycott them.

A free issue of our Amazon Alternatives magazine is available for anyone who makes the pledge.

We’ll also send you emails throughout the month with tips and encouragement.

Sign up here to take part 👉https://bit.ly/3Y7gKIi

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Take a holiday from Amazon.com this summer and sign up for Amazon Free August.

Ethical Consumer