Amazon addresses pee bottle denial tweet
Amazon kicked off the holiday weekend by backtracking slightly on a social media offensive that unfolded in the waning days of a historic unionization vote. The earlier comments reportedly arrived as Jeff Bezos was pushing for a more aggressive strategy.
Along with taking on Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, the Amazon News Twitter account went toe to toe with Congressman, Mark Pocan. The Wisconsin Democrat cited oft-reported stories of Amazon workers urinating in bottles in reaction to comments from Consumer CEO, Dave Clark.
“You don’t really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you?” the account asked. “If that were true, nobody would work for us. The truth is that we have over a million incredible employees around the world who are proud of what they do, and have great wages and health care from day one.”
Amazon has apologized for tweets attacking Rep. Mark Pocan after he criticized the company s working conditions, including drivers who have to pee in bottles.
Amazonâs Ugly Alabama Union Fight Could Be The Struggle That Alters The Great Disruptor Forever
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To understand what is at stake with Amazonâs first significant union challenge unfolding this week in Bessemer, Alabama, look no further than Jennifer Bates. The 48-year-old warehouse employee started working at the retail giantâs Bessemer fulfillment center last May and after just three days found the job was bringing her physical pain.
She spent most of the ten-hour days on her feet scanning items and getting packages ready for shipment, with much of her limited break time spent making the walk to and from the closest bathroom at the massive, 855,000-square-foot warehouse. It was a grueling pace that made for days of endless motion, no matter what the physical toll amounted to. Adding to the fatigue was the backdrop stress of knowing her every move was being tracked, she told a Senate hearing in March, and if she couldnât keep up, she risked
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