{"id":11546,"date":"2023-10-10T14:32:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T12:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/?post_type=news&p=11546"},"modified":"2023-10-10T14:36:29","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T12:36:29","slug":"map-summit","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/map-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Make Amazon Pay campaign to hold international summit in Manchester"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 27 and 28 October 2023, Manchester, United Kingdom, will host the first-ever Summit to Make Amazon Pay<\/a>. Co-convened by UNI Global Union and the Progressive International, the high-level gathering will bring together workers, their unions, civil society, regulators and parliamentarians from at least 20 countries around the world. The Summit will be held in Manchester\u2019s iconic Mechanics\u2019 Institute, where the Trades Union Congress was formed in 1868.<\/p>\r\n

The\u00a0Make Amazon Pay campaign<\/a>\u00a0unites over 80 organisations \u2014 from major international trade union federations, environmental groups to tax watchdogs and social movements \u2014 in a common front to Make Amazon Pay its workers, its taxes and for its environmental damage. For each of the last three years, the campaign has organised global days of action on Black Friday, featuring transnational strikes and protests in over 35 countries that have reached millions of people through social and traditional media.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

Participants will share:<\/p>\r\n