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April 04, 2021 It is true, not a legend, that Amazon's delivery workers were sometimes forced to pee in plastic bottles so as not to waste time delivering packages.

The news is not recent, but the news is that, after having denied it for months, the company now admits it.



"We know our drivers can and do have trouble finding restrooms due to traffic or off-road driving and this was particularly common during the Covid pandemic when many public restrooms were closed," Amazon admits.



In the United States there has been a long controversy about it, raised by a tweet from a Democratic member of the US House, Mark Pocan.

"Just because you pay your employees $ 15 an hour doesn't make you a cutting-edge job - he said to the e-commerce giant - if you force your employees to pee in plastic bottles". 



Amazon initially denied it, but then several American media reported testimonies of employees who resorted to this 'practice'.

Some media even reported internal documents and emails to employees, for example - attesting to how well known she was even by company executives themselves.



"We owe Pocan an apology," they said from Seattle.

Amazon's first reply to the MP "ignored the drivers" and "erroneously" focused on our distribution centers, where employees can "leave their workplaces at any time" to visit "the dozens of bathrooms" The problem with Amazon's drivers is "long-standing" and "affects the whole sector", said the company, underlining: "We would like to solve the problem. We do not know how, but we will look for solutions", they promised. .



Pocan does not appear satisfied: "Sigh", he tweeted.

"It's not about me but your employees, who you don't treat with enough respect and dignity. You are beginning to recognize the inappropriate working conditions you have created for all of your employees."

The reference is to recent news that sees Amazon in the spotlight in the United States due to the vote on the creation of a union in a warehouse in Alabama, the first in the country.

The voting results have not yet been announced.