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An Amazon worker walks down a huge storage aisle full of goods at the Amazon distribution centre, Swansea
MORE than 600 warehouse workers at anti-union online retailer Amazon have suffered serious injuries or near misses at work in the last three years, according to an investigation by the GMB.
The union says that working conditions at the notorious firm are getting worse and has called for a parliamentary inquiry.
Using freedom of information legislation, GMB found that 622 reports of incidents were made from Amazon warehouses to the government’s Health & Safety Executive (HSE) between 2016 and 2019, with the number rising each year.
Assistant general secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions HENRY FOWLER reports on day 1 from the GFTU’s residential Summer School at Quorn Grange Hotel
Claims that digital media has rendered press power obsolete are a dangerous myth, argues DES FREEDMAN
Labour’s watered-down legislation won’t protect us from unfair dismissal or ban some zero-hours contracts until 2027 — leaving millions of young people vulnerable to the populist right’s appeal, warns TUC young workers chair FRASER MCGUIRE
