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Three truckers revealed to the British newspaper The Guardian what their job is like in the transport company. The British became interested in Hegelmann because the Lithuanian company also transports cargo to Amazon. The latter declares that it imposes great demands on its partners and, if this turns out to be not the case, it rejects those carriers.
The Guardian writes that the drivers of the Lithuanian company manipulate not only tachographs, but also wages when transporting cargo to the giant Amazon. Specifically, this is manipulated by your employers.
You were asked if Amazon was choosing the right partners.
The drivers admitted to the Guardian that they had received instructions on how to manipulate the tachographs, thus extending working hours.
The Guardian quotes the transport company Olek Shevchenko from Ukraine, Sinikkhodya Aripkhodjaeva from Uzbekistan, whose experience in Kaunas 15 minutes has already written, as well as Ihor Peratka from Belarus. His confessions in the UK have raised questions about whether Amazon, with a turnover of more than £ 600 million, is choosing the right partners or if they are working.
“All partners must comply with applicable laws and the Amazon Supplier Code of Conduct, which focuses on fair wages, benefits, adequate work hours, and compensation. We will act immediately if we discover that the partner is not complying with the requirements. “Commented the story about the Lithuanian company Amazon. It is true that they did not confirm having terminated their contract with Hegelmann Transport.
Photo by Hegelmann / Hegelmann opened an office near Kaunas, plans to expand warehouses twice as fast
Deny instructing drivers
Tomas Jurgelevičius, Managing Director of Hegelmann Transport 15 minutes He claimed that one of the drivers cited by The Guardian had been blackmailing the company for some time, threatening to harm and demanding 2 million in return. euros.
Tomas Jurgelevičius, Director of the UAB Hegelmann Transport
“Unfortunately, we cannot comment in detail on the blackmail situation, because we have started the process of initiating a judicial investigation,” he said.
The company denies the allegations of counterfeit tachometers. According to T. Jurgelevičius, tachograph cards are issued to the driver by the Transport Inspectorate of the country of which he is a citizen.
Hegelmann Transporte and other group companies operate in a transparent manner and in accordance with all applicable laws; We ensure that the administration does not support or encourage such behavior in any way. If the company realizes that individual employees are not working in accordance with the applicable rules, the company will do everything possible to identify such situations and prevent them, ”the manager said in a comment.
Amazon does not comment
He added that during the pandemic, the focus was on keeping jobs and wages were paid on time.
Speaking of Amazon, T. Jurgelevičius pointed out that the Hegelmann Group is a group of companies operating in various countries, whose companies operate as independent legal entities.
Working at Amazon
Company policies and customer agreements prohibit commenting or providing details related to customers. “Therefore, we are sorry, we cannot answer the question in detail,” he said.
Audrius Cuzanauskas, director of the Lithuanian Trade Union Alliance, believes that these cases will only increase. “It just came to our knowledge then. For them, their name, reputation and workmanship are very important, and they will not let anyone contaminate it. The example of Amazon just proved it,” says A. Cuzanauskas.
Photo by Sigismund Gedvila / 15min / Audrius Cuzanauskas
In addition, he appears concerned about intimidation by carriers that they will move their business to Western Europe.
“Our carriers certainly couldn’t work there with the same schemes. There are different traditions of labor relations. The drivers, although they have an employment contract in Lithuania, live and work in the West, where working conditions are viewed differently, ”said a union representative.
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