A case where workers working at shipping warehouse of Amazon are staying in the outdoor tent turned out to be the case

For the world's largest online retailer AmazonI am forcing labor to harsh labor environmentThere are also opinions raising problems. In the meantime, in UK 's largest Amazon fulfillment center (shipping warehouse) in Scotland, the substance that several workers stretch a tent in the vicinity and is staying in bed is revealed by the newspaper' The Courier ' It is being done.

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon workers sleeping in tents near Dunfermline site - The Courier
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Amazon Warehouse Workers Have Resorted To Sleeping In Tents | Motherboard
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The presence of workers living in tents was revealed in the city about 25 km from Scotland's capital · EdinburghDunfermrinAmazon's fulfillment center in. This center boasts the largest scale in the UK, and in addition to 1500 regular employees, up to 3000 non-permanent employees are shipping work.

The Courier newspaper reported that it was confirmed that there was at least a three-tented tent in the locality on the weekend. The newspaper contacts the person who is staying at the tent. This person actually worked at Amazon and said he wanted to avoid publishing his / her name. According to that person, although there is actually a home in Perth, a suburb of Edinburgh, because the wage is low, there is not enough time to cover 100 km of commuting to and from Dunfermline where the company's fulfillment center is located, so the tent He said that there was no way but to live a life.

A movie of The Courier that shoots the actual situation is released.


This person seems to refuse to make public the amount of wages actually paid, but Amazon will pay 7.35 pounds (about 1070 yen) per hour for irregular workers at the center, and at the time of overtime He said he paid 11 pounds (about 1600 yen). In addition, although we also operate a bus for employees to commute, in order to use it it costs up to 10 pounds a day (about 1500 yen), and it costs more than wages per hour I will.

About this situation, Mr. Willy Renee, leader of Scottish Liberal Democratic Party, told Motherboard, "Because wages are too low, people are living their lives to earn daily sickness, People simply do work, eat, live a life asleep, "he says.


In response to this report, Amazon UK provides "a safe and positive working environment for us, the safety and health of regular employees and temporary workers is our primary priority". In addition, I have said that he pays "competitive wage" of 7.35 pounds (about 1070 yen) hourly wage and 11 pounds (about 1600 yen) overtime payment as described above.

On the other hand, the minimum wage for workers over 25 in the UK is 7.20 pounds per hour (about 1050 yen).