Luke Gosling (Solomon, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

During this festive season in Australia and around the world, Amazon's 1.3 million workers will face enormous stress and pressure. The race to the bottom on wages and secure jobs is a global problem, with Amazon a leading example of it. Amazon drivers aren't getting minimum wage, have no rights and are pressured to drive dangerously overloaded cars just to not be sacked. While profits soar for Amazon, workers are left with little or no pay rises and working unimaginable hours. Workers are often too afraid to speak out or join a union, as they fear retaliation from the company.

As the unions representing Amazon workers, the SDA and the TWU are calling for an end to poor working conditions for these workers and are asking Australians to send Amazon a message this Christmas. The SDA has long worked to lift safety standards on Amazon sites, and the TWU is protecting safe standards for transport workers, including drivers. I want to give a massive shoutout to the national president, Ian Smith, from TWU SA/NT, for his work, including the big rally down in Adelaide recently. I support their call for Amazon to pay their workers fair wages and to provide safe working conditions. Just remember in the lead-up to Christmas: no-one deserves a serve for doing their job. (Time expired)