Amazon should be stripped of all Scottish subsidies and procurement contracts, Greens says
Staff make their way around the aisles collecting items before sending them to the on-site dispatch hall to be packaged inside one of Britain's largest Amazon warehouses in Dunfermline, Fife
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AMAZON should be stripped of all Scottish subsidies and procurement contracts after revelations about the firm’s scrapping of unsold goods, the Scottish government has been told.
Scottish Greens co-leader Lorna Slater raised the issue with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at Holyrood today after an ITV investigation revealed that up to 130,000 items per week, including laptops, TVs and face masks, were being destroyed at Amazon’s Dunfermline warehouse.
It is only the latest example of bad practice by the mega-corporation, which is known for poor working conditions, anti-trade union measures and tax avoidance — issues also raised by Ms Slater.
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