員工被迫尿瓶子里？英國抗議亞馬遜待遇差，官方稱有人惡意造謠

Amazon workers 『forced to urinate in plastic bottles because they cannot go to toilet on shift』

亞馬遜員工「被迫在塑料瓶里小便，因為他們輪班時不能上廁所」

來源：獨立報 翻譯：世界播

Workers at an Amazon warehouse are having to urinate in plastic bottles rather than go to the toilet during their shifts, it has been claimed.

據報道，亞馬遜一家倉庫的工人在輪班時小便不去廁所，只能尿在塑料瓶里。

The reports came as crowds of protesters gathered outside the internet giant』s so-called fulfilment centres across the UK to demand improvement in workers』 conditions.

這些報道發布之際，大批抗議者聚集在這家互聯網巨頭在英國各地所謂的物流中心外，要求改善工人的工作條件。

Demonstrations were held outside the company』s sprawling warehouses in Milton Keynes, Rugeley, Swansea, Peterborough, Warrington, Coventry and Doncaster on Friday.

周五，示威活動在該公司位於米爾頓凱恩斯、魯吉利、斯旺西、彼得伯勒、沃林頓、考文垂和唐卡斯特的龐大倉庫外舉行。

Protestors coordinated by the GMB general trade union also demanded Amazon pays a 「real and substantial」 tax contribution in the country.

由英國總工會協調的抗議者還要求亞馬遜在該國繳納「實質性」的稅款。

They are carrying banners and picket signs telling owner – and richest man in the world – Jeff Bezos: 「We Are Not Robots」.

他們舉著橫幅和抗議牌，告訴老闆——也是世界上最富有的人——傑夫?貝佐斯：「我們不是機器人。」

Union officials say they are taking action after more than 600 reports were made from Amazon warehouses to the Health and Safety Executive in the past four years.

工會官員表示，在過去四年里，亞馬遜倉庫向衛生和安全管理局提交了600多份報告，他們正在採取行動。

A spokesman said: 「These include workers using plastic bottles to urinate in instead of going to the toilet, and pregnant women have been forced to stand for hours on end, with some pregnant women being targeted for dismissal.」

一位發言人說：「其中包括工人用塑料瓶小便而不去上廁所，孕婦被迫連續站立數小時，有的孕婦被針對性解僱。」

The demonstrators have been joined at the protest by Jack Dromey, Labour MP for Birmingham Erdington, and six members of the CCOO Union from Spain who have been striking over the same poor working conditions there.

伯明翰埃丁頓工黨議員傑克?德羅伊和6名來自西班牙的CCOO工會成員也加入了示威者的行列，他們一直在抗議那裡同樣惡劣的工作條件。

Other pickets have already taken place in Germany, Poland and United States this week to coincide with what the company calls Amazon Prime Day, when customers are offered big discounts.

本周在德國、波蘭和美國已經發生了其他罷工抗議行動，正好在該公司所謂的「亞馬遜會員日」，即向顧客提供大折扣的日子。

Steve Garelick, GMB regional organiser, said the union was 「keen to see a sea change from Amazon and that working with a union brings benefits」.

英國總工會地區組織人史蒂夫?加里克表示，工會「渴望看到亞馬遜發生翻天覆地的變化，與工會合作能帶來益處」。

He added: 「Until we see an improvement in workers』 situations we will continue to speak out.」

他還稱：「在我們看到工人狀況有所改善之前，我們將繼續公開抗議。」

But a spokesman for Amazon said: 「These groups are conjuring misinformation to work in their favour, when in fact we already offer the things they purport to be their cause — industry-leading pay, benefits, and a safe workplace for our employees.

但亞馬遜的一名發言人表示：「這些團體在捏造虛假信息，為自己謀利，而實際上，我們已經為他們提供了他們爭取的所謂待遇——行業領先的薪酬、福利，以及為我們的員工提供一個安全的工作場所。」

「We can only conclude that the people who attend the events are simply not informed.

「我們只能得出這個結論：參加活動的人根本不了解情況。」

「We encourage everyone to book a tour of one of our fulfilment centres and compare our overall pay, benefits, and workplace environment to other retailers and major employers across the country.」

「我們鼓勵每個人來我們物流中心參觀，將我們的整體薪酬、福利和工作環境與全國其他零售商和主要僱主進行比較。」

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