A video statement by former Amazon worker and labor organizer Chris Smalls was projected onto Jeff Bezos’s Manhattan penthouse on May 3, ahead of the Met Gala, as activists staged a series of

"All working-class people deserve better than what we're getting,” a former Amazon worker told Hyperallergic ahead of this year’s gala, co-chaired by Jeff Bezos.

Police tackled and detained a protester who breached a security barrier near the red carpet at the Met Gala on Monday night, as demonstrations against Jeff Bezos' role in the event spilled into the surrounding streets.