Out of options, underpaid Amazon workers have resorted to sleeping in tents near a company warehouse in Scotland to save money. Several tents have been pitched in woodlands near one of the retail giant’s fulfilment centre.

While workers brave sub-zero temperatures in the dead of winter to save on commuting costs, Amazon has failed to raise workers’ wages to enable them to commute from their homes. The company has buses to transport workers from their homes in Perth to the warehouse, but transport costs up to £10 per day, more than an hour’s pay.

Tell Amazon to pay its workers a living wage to enable them to live in their own homes.

In response to news of workers’ tent encampments, an Amazon spokesperson claimed that “the safety and wellbeing of our permanent and temporary associates is our number one priority.” But Amazon has a long history of pushing employees to inhuman lengths to boost profits and productivity.

Workers brave enough to speak out against Amazon have revealed dehumanising practices in Amazon worker management. After being diagnosed with breast cancer, one employee was put on “performance-improvement plans.” Others have complained that toilet breaks are timed and that warehouse workers can be fired for stopping to chat with colleagues.

We need to come together to tell Amazon that this is the last straw. Amazon should be ashamed to be paying workers so little that they’re forced to camp in sub-zero temperatures to get by. Together we can stand with Amazon workers in Scotland and beyond to demand a living wage and their right to a dignified livelihood.