'We know we're not perfect' | Amazon BLASTS critics amid SPIKE in ambulance calls to its warehouses

Amazon has issued a fiery response to a worker's union following reports that ambulance call-outs to the retail giant’s UK warehouses surge by nearly 50% in the run-up to Black Friday.

The GMB Union has released figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, comprising monthly data from four ambulance trusts that cover major Amazon sites in the North West, the East Midlands, London, and Wales.

The analysis showed that, over a five-year period, November was the worst month for ambulance callouts, with an average of 67. By comparison, April was typically the lowest month for such incidents, with an average of 24.

Calling on Amazon to enter into “urgent talks” about its health and safety standards, a spokesperson for GMB said the firm’s warehouse workers were “breaking bones, being left in pain at the end of a shift and getting barred from work for raising covid complaints.”