Amazon accused of treating workers like slaves

Past employees offer damning criticism of web giant

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Amazon has been accused of treating staff like “slaves” by former workers at the web giant’s largest UK depot.

Michael Gabay, who said he completed “100 days of hell” at the company’s vast UK depot in Tilbury, Essex, told the Daily Mirror that employees “walk around like zombies” in ten-hour shifts with limited breaks.

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