Amazon workers in Minnesota walk off the job over parking issues

Enlarge / A protestor outside an Amazon warehouse in Shakopee, Minnesota on July 15, 2019. (credit: Annabelle Marcovici/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Around 80 Amazon warehouse workers in the Twin Cities suburb of Eagan, Minnesota staged a two-hour walkout on Thursday morning. It's the latest in a series of strikes and protests spearheaded by Amazon workers in the state.

Last month, a few dozen workers at another Amazon facility in Shakopee, Minnesota walked off the job on Prime Day-a massive sale that is one of Amazon's busiest days of the year. A December protest in Shakopee attracted 250 people.

Workers in Shakopee were demanding better pay and working conditions. The Eagan protests were more specific: workers were upset that Amazon wasn't providing enough parking for its workers. One worker told Gizmodo that some workers showed up more than an hour early in order to get a spot.

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