Amazon's Migrant Workers Confront Exploitation at Saudi Arabia Warehouse

Several Nepali workers at an Amazon.Com Inc AMZN warehouse in Saudi Arabia faced a reality that starkly contrasted the promising employment opportunities initially offered, the Guardian reports. 

As per the report, the allure of working for a renowned global company like Amazon was faced with a life of low wages, grueling working conditions, and an environment that felt more oppressive than opportunistic.

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The expansive warehouse became a space of unrelenting labor and subjugation.

The termination of employment was abrupt and unexplained, leaving the workers stranded in a foreign country, devoid of wages and with limited resources. 

Their pleas to return home were met with an agonizing choice: to endure the intolerable conditions or to incur further debt by paying a prohibitive exit fee, pushing their families back to Nepal into more profound financial distress.

This narrative of the Nepali workers at the Amazon warehouse in Saudi Arabia unveils a grim reality of exploitation. 

The experience underscores the urgent need for international labor reforms, ethical recruitment practices, and corporate accountability to ensure the humane treatment of workers globally.

Amazon acknowledged and pledged to implement more robust controls to prevent such incidents. The company also promised to repay the workers for their recruiting fees. 

Amazon's pay and working conditions at its U.S. and U.K. warehouses also met with labor opposition, including worker walkouts and unionization attempts.

Price Action: AMZN shares traded higher by 0.70% at $130.39 on the last check Wednesday.

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