Amnesty International calls on Amazon to uphold workers’ right to unionise

Amnesty International calls on Amazon to uphold workers’ right to unionise following allegations of union-busting

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on societies and economies around the world. But Amazon.com, Inc. (Amazon) has boomed … hiring at least 175,000 additional workers…

But this … has exacerbated longstanding concerns about the US-based corporation’s approach to health and safety and its adversarial relationship with trade unions…

International human rights law and standards are clear that workers have rights to join and form trade unions, and to safe and healthy working conditions …

Amazon also uses technology to engage in inappropriate surveillance and data collection from its workforce, including to undermine workers’ right to organize…

Read more www.business-humanrights.org

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