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April 5, 2021 Amazon is taking back claims that its workers never had to urinate in bottles while on the job. SHOW TRANSCRIPT Amazon is apologizing.  Last week, in a tweet reply to a lawmaker, the company said its workers never had to urinate in bottles while on the job. Now it's saying it was wrong.  The company says it's aware some of its drivers have trouble finding restrooms while on the road.  Amazon says it's a long-standing, industry-wide problem. The company says it's working toward solutions. 

Amazon.com Inc has apologized to U.S. Representative Mark Pocan, admitting to scoring an "own goal" in its initial denial of his suggestion that its drivers were sometimes forced to urinate in bottles during their delivery rounds. "We know that drivers can and do have trouble finding restrooms because of traffic or sometimes rural routes, and this has been especially the case during Covid when many public restrooms have been closed," the company said in a blog post. Its admission came a week after the Democrat criticised Amazon's working conditions, saying in a tweet: "Paying workers $15/hr...

ADVERTISEMENT Amazon pushed back in its own tweet, writing, “You don’t really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you?” “If that were true, nobody would work for us,” the account added at the time. “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.” 1/2 You don’t really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you? 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 d...