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Amazon under fire: strikes in Germany
BBC: workers’ health at risk in the UK

Protests to the working conditions and lower wages

The plant in Bad Hersfeld, Germany (AFP / Zucchi)

working conditions at Amazon back to the center of the discussion. Protests in Germany and a report on the BBC in Britain reopen a case already discussed in the past. In Germany, in the factories of Bad Hersfeld and Leipzig, we talk of a strike at a critical time like that before Christmas: “It will not be the first time that workers cross their arms before Christmas – threaten the unions – if not be increased wages. ” The workers want their contract to be put on the same plane as those employed in the field of retail sales and mail order. Amazon DE has so far agreed to pay the Christmas bonus, but the unions want more.

Amazon protests in Germany

ALARM IN BRITAIN – A BBC reporter, Adam Littler, has instead worked for 15 days in the Amazon warehouse in Swansea, Wales, and movie working conditions during a night shift than ten hours and a half, for which he was paid £ 8.25 an hour. Michael Marmot, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London and one of the leading British experts on the topic of stress conditions on the job, interviewed in the course of transmission Panorama , the conditions working within large structures that house the warehouses of Amazon could cause “mental and physical illnesses.”

THE HIDDEN CAMERA – During his ‘apprenticeship’, the reporter Littler had the task of identifying the parcels through the shelves for the various orders and place them on a cart. The instructions were provided through the headphones, 33 seconds to perform each operation. If an error occurs, the device emitted a signal. In addition, the system automatically recorded his performance, which was then sent to a supervisor. The distance walked at the end of the round was over 17 miles. According to Marmot, ‘the characteristics of this type of work’, as seen in the movie, “show an increased risk of physical illness and mental illness.”

REPLICA – Amazon has responded by arguing that the safety of their workers is the “number one priority” for the company and that the official inspection showed no weaknesses. The online sales giant claims to have invested in the UK £ 1 billion, with the creation of 5 thousand permanent jobs.

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