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Amazon apologises for denying US employees sometimes need to pee in bottles
Amazon has apologised for denying that the internet shopping giant’s drivers are sometimes forced to urinate in bottles during their delivery rounds.
Key points:
- Amazon’s denial was in response to a tweet by a US congressman
- The company described it as an “own goal”
- A statement clarified that Amazon’s warehouse and fulfillment centre workers were the ones that did not need to pee in bottles
“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 statement.
The admission came a week after the US congressman Mark Pocan criticised Amazon’s working conditions, saying in a…
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