The GMB Union will be staging a protest at Swansea's Amazon Fulfilment Centre over what it calls 'inhuman conditions' at the online retail giant's warehouses.
The union is staging the Black Friday protests at five centre's across the UK. The Swansea warehouse is listed along with Rugeley, Peterborough, Milton Keynes and Warrington.
While the union's statement says they expect hundreds to demonstrate at the five Amazon warehouses across the country, the local GMB Union spokesperson for Swansea said that no workers were believed to be involved the protest.
Tim Roache, GMB General Secretary, said: "The conditions our members at Amazon are working under are frankly inhuman. They are breaking bones, being knocked unconscious and being taken away in ambulances.
"We're standing up and saying enough is enough, these are people making Amazon its money. People with kids, homes, bills to pay - they're not robots.
"Jeff Bezos is the richest bloke on the planet; he can afford to sort this out. You'd think making the workplace safer so people aren't carted out of the warehouse in an ambulance is in everyone’s interest, but Amazon seemingly have no will to get round the table with us as the union representing hundreds of their staff.
"Working people and the communities Amazon operates in deserve better than this. That's what we're campaigning for."
The union said its investigations had found that ambulances were called out to Amazon warehouses 600 times during the past three financial years, and separate figures revealed a total of 602 reports have been made from Amazon warehouses to the Health and Safety Executive.
At the start of October Amazon a pay rise of more than 18% for its employees.
Workers at the retail giant saw their minimum wage rise to £9.50 an hour, from £8, in Swansea. The rise was effective from the start of this month.
An Amazon spokesperson said: "Amazon has created in the UK more than 25,000 good jobs with a minimum of £9.50 per hour, and in the London area £10.50 per hour, on top of industry-leading benefits and skills training opportunities.
"All of our sites are safe places to work and reports to the contrary are simply wrong. According to the UK Government’s Health and Safety Executive, Amazon has over 40% fewer injuries on average than other transportation and warehousing companies in the UK.
"We encourage everyone to compare our pay, benefits, and working conditions to others and come see for yourself on one of the public tours we offer every day at our centers across the UK uk.amazonfctours.com."
At the start of October Amazon a pay rise of more than 18% for its employees.
Workers at the retail giant saw their minimum wage rise to £9.50 an hour, from £8, in Swansea. The rise was effective from the start of this month.
At the end of October Amazon announced it was looking for 1,000 new members of staff at the fulfilment centre in Jersey Marine.
