Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, American Climate Leadership Awards 2023 Finalist
The following blog is a part of our American Climate Leadership Award 2023 Series.
Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, American Climate Leadership Awards 2023 Finalist
Amazon Employees for Climate Justice (AECJ) is among 10 American Climate Leadership Award finalists to be recognized at the American Climate Leadership Awards Ceremony on March 30 during the live broadcast.
AECJ organizes for climate justice, building worker power to demand transformative change where they work.
AECJ began when a few Amazon employees discovered common feelings: deep despair about the climate crisis coupled with disappointment that our employer wasn’t stepping up. Further research confirmed that Amazon lagged behind other companies in climate action, and there was an opportunity to shift entire industries if Amazon changed its ways.
Amazon employees for Climate Justice began by building relationships, finding organizing mentors, sharing draft action plans and sign-on letters with early supporters, fine-tuning by learning what motivates workers and what holds them back from signing-on, testing viability with smaller actions, and finally escalating to large-scale public events, winning company-wide concessions.
Join us at the American Climate Leadership Awards Ceremony to honor Amazon Employees for Climate Justice and the other ACLA finalists. For more information about the ACLA finalists, read more and register today.
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The purpose of the American Climate Leadership Awards, hosted by ecoAmerica, is to recognize, reward and share best practices on climate change advocacy and action nationwide. The Awards provide money, support, and recognition for real climate leadership. Individuals and organizations selected as semifinalists have achieved success in building some meaningful political resolve for climate action at local, regional, and national levels, in ways that are replicable, while demonstrating diversity, inclusion, and justice.
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