Amazon angered its online critics Wednesday when it dismissed reports that its warehouse workers had to use the bottles as bathrooms.
E-commerce callousus provoked an online firearms attack with a blatant response to a congressman, who cited the three-year-old allegations as evidence that Amazon treats workers poorly.
Amazon executive Dave Clarke claimed that his employer runs a “progressive workplace”, Rep. Mark Pokan Tweeted The company cannot claim that “when you union-bust and urinate workers into water bottles” – about warehouse employees skipping bathroom breaks to meet the company’s jackfruit productivity demands Referred to 2018 report.
But the official Amazon News Twitter account hit the post of Wisconsin Democrat, quickly clapping back.
“You really don’t believe in talking in bottles, do you? If that were true, nobody would work for us,” Amazon tweeted Wednesday late night. “The truth is that we have over a million incredible employees around the world who are proud of what they do, and have very high salaries and healthcare since day one.”
Commentators quickly slammed the Glib Post, which racked up more than 8,000 responses as of Thursday morning as “Amazon News” became a trending topic on Twitter.
One response came from James Bloodworth, a journalist who first reported that Amazon workers urinate in bottles at work. They have written In 2018 while working undercover at a British Amazon facility as research for a book that he “found a Coca-Cola bottle containing urine sitting on a warehouse shelf”.
“I was the person who found urine in the bottle. Trust me, it happened, ” Bloodworth tweeted Thursday
Buzzfeed News reporter Ken Bensinger Shared Photos of documents from a former Amazon contractor in California urge delivery drivers to clean their vans at the end of their routes. “This includes garbage, bags and urine bottles,” the document reads.
Other critics suggested that Amazon’s response is something that the Triangle Shirtvice Factory might say could have sparked a fire before the infamous 1911 that housed 146 workers.
“You really don’t believe people die in textile factories, do you? If that were true, no one would work for the Triangle Waist Company!” Dan Olson Tweeted.
The criticism came as Amazon tried to fight a unionization campaign at its warehouse in Bessemer, with support from President Biden in Alabama. The warehouse’s 6,000 workers are expected to conclude voting by Monday to unionize.
Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday.
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