Speaking of the New Generative Economy (see previous post), donating clean water, trees, construction funds or socks (or buying fair trade items at local stores) works another kind of grace: it takes business away from companies who produce things in unjust conditions overseas and companies who package and ship them in unjust conditions right here in Pennsylvania. Spencer Soper, the journalist who first broke the Amazon news, reports that almost 13,000 people have signed an online pledge to boycott Amazon via DC-based advocacy group American Rights at Work.
Soper’s new piece notes that 13,ooo people might equate to something like $9 million in sales. Even if that’s only a drop in Amazon’s global bucket, imagine what that same $9 million could do, even when broken into pieces, for fair trade retailers and generative charities.
Here’ s the ARW open letter to Jeff Bezos, which you can sign and send online.
Related articles
- Inside an Amazon Warehouse (The Morning Call/Spencer Soper)
- Californians Urged To Boycott Amazon For ‘Cheating’ The State (huffingtonpost.com)
Chris Cocca 