Amazon warehouses hit by staff protests
AMAZON staff staged Black Friday protests over “inhuman” working conditions in its warehouses.
There were demos at sites in Rugeley, Staffs; Peterborough, Cambs; Milton Keynes, Bucks; Warrington, Cheshire; and Swansea, with similar walkouts in Germany, Italy and Spain.
GMB union members working in Amazon warehouses have reported not having time to go to the toilet, and a heavily pregnant woman being forced to work standing.
Tim Roache, GMB general secretary, said: “We’re standing up and saying enough is enough, these are people making Amazon its money. People with kids, homes, bills to pay – they’re not robots.”
Ambulances were called to Amazon warehouses 600 times in the past three financial years, and 602 reports have been made to the Health and Safety Executive, the GMB found.
Mr Roache said: “The conditions our members at Amazon are working under are frankly inhuman.”
Amazon was contacted for comment last night.
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