Inside Amazon's shadow workforce in Mexico
After six months of shifts moving boxes at an Amazon warehouse near Mexico City as a contract worker, Jaime Hidalgo believed job security and brighter prospects beckoned when he received the company's "blue badge" making him a member of staff.
Hidalgo, 35, was convinced the mandatory overtime and 60-hour weeks had been worth it as he became a fully-fledged Amazon employee - but within weeks he was fired when a stomach bug meant more bathroom breaks and less time on the warehouse floor.
He is one of 15 former Amazon.com Inc workers in Mexico who told the Thomson Reuters Foundation that they were mistreated or unfairly dismissed after being recruited through labor agencies to work in warehouses for the e-commerce giant.
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