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Mark Pocan: “For a while they [Amazon employees] had to urinate in…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Podcast Discussion on Labor Rights and Union Support with Mark Pocan and AFL-CIO President Liz Schuler

Published | Video Starts at 25:29

I mean, there's no question, you know, when you talk about Amazon, I'll never forget, you know, Amazon being one of the biggest, you know, companies, companies trying to do union busting when there's real efforts out there. For a while they [Amazon employees] had to urinate in bottles because they weren't allowed to take breaks. Both delivery and in the warehouse. And we tweeted something out about it. And they came back at me and they said, you don't really believe that, do you, Congressman? (25:29–25:35)

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