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Founded2005
Budget68. 5 million GBP
Staff629
Type of businessHousing association
PurposesHousing
Management
AddressCihannüma Mah No:93 A Blok D:6 Kat:2, 34353 Beşiktaş
Hours Closed ⋅ Opens 9AM Fri
Phone (0212) 236 50 20
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Great Places is a housing association in the United Kingdom, formerly the Manchester Methodist Housing Association. Great Places provides 19,000+ homes mostly in North West England. The organisation is an industrial and provident society headquartered in Manchester.

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Hundreds of employees are injured at the Amazon UK warehouse, GMB claims

Feb 16,2020 2:50 am

The Number of health and safety incidents are reported, Amazon stock is on The Rise

hundreds of workers were severely injured or narrowly escaped an accident at the Amazon UK warehouse in The Last three years, new figures claim.

the GMB union figures show 240 reports of serious injuries or in the vicinity of the were sent to the health and Safety Executive in The Last year, and 622 for three years.

Amazon is currently running a TV campaign, highlighting satisfied employees.

He said, the critics were determined to present a "false picture".

The GMB, the figures obtained via the freedom of information requests.

For violations to be, in the numbers you need to seriously be Enough to have a worker in the exercise of their normal duties for at least Seven Days , or be on a list, including fractures, amputations, contusions, abrasions, or burn it.

In a London warehouse, a worker lost consciousness and seemed to hold in air, after the wounded said your head of the GMB,. In Manchester, a worker was caught in a gate and the broken of your hand.

The data, The Number of reports to the HSE show has 2017 fiscal year, increased each year, from 152 in the year to 240 in 2019. But the characters deal with a period in which The Number of the warehouse of Amazon More Than doubled, from 10 in the year 2015 to 22 today.

Mick Rix, GMB national officer, said: "Amazon are spending millions on PR campaigns trying to convince People that its warehouses are Great Places to work. But the facts are there for all to See - Things are getting worse and worse.

"hundreds of concerned Amazon employees are in need of urgent medical help. Conditions are hellish. We have tried to talk about and to get over again from Amazon , with us, to try and improve the safety of the workers. But Enough is Enough - now it's time for a full parliamentary inquiry. "

In December, GMB and Trades Union Congress (TUC), together with members of the " shadow Cabinet for a demonstration outside Amazon 's London offices. The unions and the politicians said that Amazon should not have to pay millions more in taxes, claims that the online giant.

A spokesman for Amazon said: "Amazon is a safe place to work. Once again, our critics seem to paint decided to create a false image of what it is like to work at Amazon . Repeat the same sensationalised allegations over and over again.

"Our doors are open to The Public , to politicians, and for anyone who really wants to See the modern, innovative and, most importantly, a safe and secure environment we provide for our People . "Amazon has the commercials on TV are to mark with warehouse employees, a happy work environment.



Source of news: bbc.com

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