Welsh Government funded Amazon in Wales uses Recruitment Company to ‘hot-bunk’ Hungarian workers.
Published Nov 23, 2017
Neil Hamilton, Leader of UKIP Wales has confronted the First Minister
Carwyn Jones over claims that Hungarian workers are being bused in to work at an
Amazon distribution centre in Swansea.
A constituent informed Mr Hamilton that a company called Central European
Contracts and Recruitment Services contacted them about an advert for a spare
room. The constituent was asked if the room could be used 24 / 7 for three shift
workers, in what the constituent described as ‘hot-bunking’. She was informed
that the shift workers in question were Hungarians who were being brought to
Amazon’s Jersey Marine facility for the Christmas period.
Mr Hamilton said, "This revelation is embarrassing for the Welsh
Government since it provided grants to Amazon in order to develop the facility.
The grant is claimed by some sources to stand at £8.8m. At present he Welsh
Government has refused to confirm the amount.
"Amazon’s Jersey Marine facility hit the spotlight back in 2013 as the
subject of a Panorama investigation. It concluded that working conditions could
cause “mental and physical illness” for employees.
"How can Labour’s Welsh Government, which claims to champion the working
class, support a facility that employs workers from Central and Eastern Europe
and treats them in such an appalling manner? UKIP will continue to investigate
and hold the Welsh Government to account on
this."
