Amazon and Walmart warehouse employees are so surveilled that they're worried about breaking to use bathroom: Oxfam report
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Amazon and Walmart both use over-the-top surveillance in their warehouses — and the "concerning" practice not only undermines the rights of the megacorporations' massive amount of employees, but puts their health and well-being in jeopardy, international anti-poverty organization Oxfam said in a new report.The 52-page report, "At Work and Under Watch: Surveillance and Suffering at Amazon and Walmart Warehouses," was released Wednesday and highlights survey data it says was collected from 1,484...

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