Aamazon is planning to use
electronic bracelets to keep tabs on workers and optimise their
performance, Geekwire said Thursday.
The news caused an uproar despite a lack of confirmation form
the online retail giant.
Susanna Camusso, head of Italy's biggest and most leftwing
union CGIL, said the news "comments itself".
UIL union chief Carmelo Barbagallo called it a "disgrace".
CISL union head Annamria Furlan said "work shoudl respect the
dignity of people, not this".
Giorgia Meloni, leader of the rightist Brothers of Italy
party, said it would turn workers into "slaves".
Former Senate Speaker Pietro Grasso, leader of the Free and
Equal (LeU) party, said "it sounds like something out of a bad
sci-fi film".
Another leading LeU member, former House Speaker Laura
Boldrini, said it was "degrading for the workers".
Another LeU member, Giorgio Airaudo, said "we've reached the
slavery of the new millennium".
Amazon's Italian workers are already up in arms about
conditions and struck on Black Friday.
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