The GMB super-union called the online retail giant a "pandemic profiteer" and warned bosses they "can’t deny the facts about the inhumane working practices any longer".
"While most people enjoy their Black Friday bargains, Amazon workers are being pushed beyond the limits of human endurance", GMB national officer Mick Rix said. "Workers are breaking bones, being left in pain at the end of a shift, and even reportedly being burned by chemicals and getting barred from work for raising COVID complaints".
“Whilst Jeff Bezos has made billions during the pandemic, garment workers in Amazon’s supply chain have experienced wage theft, job loss and a crackdown on labour rights", Labour behind the Label campaigns director Meg Lewis said.
"Jeff Bezos wants to be seen as an innovator and an astronaut, but he’s nothing but a pandemic profiteer", he charged. "Amazon’s power must be brought down to earth".