Amazon Employees Walk Out to Protest Climate, RTO Policies (1)

A few hundred Amazon.com Inc. employees walked off the job Wednesday to protest the company’s return-to-work policies, impact on the climate and deepest-ever round of layoffs.

The protest, organized by Amazon Employees for Climate Justice and Amazon’s Remote Advocacy group, took place at thecompany’sSeattle headquarters during the lunch hour.

Employees outside Amazon headquarters in Seattle on Wednesday.

Source: Spencer Soper/Bloomberg

The workers gathered under leaden skies near the Spheres, the plant-filled orbs at the heart of the corporate campus, brandishing signs saying, “Hell no, RTO!” and “Listen to your employees. Stop greenwashing.”

The groups said almost 2,000 workers globally pledged to join the walkout, a small fraction of ...