Pedestrians walk past the Amazon Spheres on Thursday, August 17, 2017 in downtown. (Kjell Redal/Seattle Times/TNS) OUTS: SEATTLE OUT, USA TODAY OUT, MAGAZINES OUT, ONLINE OUT, TELEVISION OUT, SALES OUT.
Amazon has long resisted pleas to provide a backup daycare benefit for employees, even though other tech companies have offered the perk for years.
Now a group comprising hundreds of working moms is waging a campaign to persuade founder and chief executive officer Jeff Bezos that providing help for parents dealing with flu outbreaks, school closures and other emergencies is not simply humane but good for the company, too.
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