Amazon workers demand company addresses ‘demeaning’ staff conditions
 

Amazon workers demand company addresses ‘demeaning’ staff conditions
http://boygeniusreport.files.wordpre...ouse.jpg?w=610A recent exposé from Bloomberg Businessweek painted a critical picture of Amazon's work environment for executives, but a petition currently gaining momentum in the UK suggests that things are far worse for some of the company's warehouse staff. The Guardian points us to a petition on Change.org that had collected nearly 45,000 signatures as of the time of this writing. Under the heading "@AmazonUK: This Christmas, pay the Living Wage across UK operations," the petition suggests that Amazon's seasonal warehouse staff faces "demeaning" working conditions and also that they*"won't earn e**ugh to buy the bare essentials of life" due to Amazon's low wages for agency staff. The petition is accompanied by the following letter:

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