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‘The job is not human’: UK retail warehouse staff describe gruelling work

‘The job is not human’: UK retail warehouse staff describe gruelling work

TUC says rapid home delivery relies on labour that is monitored, repetitive and demanding This week’s strike at an Amazon depot in Coventry is throwing the spotlight on to a hidden army of workers in the UK’s retail sector, many of whom face “particularly gruelling” conditions, according to recent research commissioned by the TUC.Five academics at the Centre for Research on Employment and Work (Crew) at the University of Greenwich analysed data about the retail workforce during and after the Covid pandemic, and carried out in-depth interviews with 30 workers.

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