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Amazon staff banned from calling their work 'dumb' after employees form first union
Amazon staff could have their conversations monitored for 'banned' words and phrases via a chat app, after workers at the online retail giant voted to recognise a union for the first time.An internal chat app for staff looks set to block and flag employee posts that could potentially be used to criticise working conditions at Amazon. According to The Intercept, terms such as "slave labor", "prison", and "plantation" could be banned—as well as "restrooms", following numerous reports of Amazon staff using plastic bottles as toilets in order to meet strict quotas.The app, which has not been approved or finalised but is set for a trial programme later this month, was reportedly first proposed at a meeting of Amazon execs in November 2021.Billed as an internal social media programme, it would allow employees to recognise their colleagues' performance.
