Amazon’s internal plans to advance its interests in California are laid bare in leaked memo


A semi-truck turns into an Amazon Fulfillment center in Eastvale, California. An internal Amazon memo has provided a stark look at the company’s carefully laid out plans to grow its influence in Southern California through a plethora of efforts that include burnishing its reputation through charity work and pushing back against ‘labour agitation’ from the Teamsters and other groups. — The Orange County Register via AP, File

NEW YORK: An internal Amazon memo has provided a stark look at the company’s carefully laid out plans to grow its influence in Southern California through a plethora of efforts that include burnishing its reputation through charity work and pushing back against “labour agitation” from the Teamsters and other groups.

The eight-page document – titled “community engagement plan” for 2024 – provides a rare glimpse into how one of American’s biggest companies executes on its public relations objectives and attempts to curtail reputational harm stemming from criticisms of its business.

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