Saturday, February 16, 2013

Amazon accused of abusing Christmas staff...

Internet retail giant Amazon promised to investigate after a television documentary showed foreign workers brought to Germany on temporary contracts for the Christmas rush being intimidated by suspected neo-Nazi security guards.

The film, broadcast on state ARD television on Wednesday night showed Spanish workers talking about security guards searching the places they were staying in - and that these were shoddy hotels and abandoned holiday camps.

The film alleges the workers were brought to Germany under false promises - only getting work with contractors rather than with Amazon itself. They were paid €8.52 an hour before taxes - and only discovered this two days after leaving home.

 Some workers had to walk up to 17 kilometres a day to work, and were expected to work for 15 days without a break. Money was docked from their pay to cover their lodgings. Full story...

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