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According to an investigation by local newspaper The Courier, “at least three” tents have been spotted in the “bitterly cold” wilderness near Amazon’s huge fulfilment centre near the town of Dunfermline in Fife. One worker, who did not wish to be named, described Amazon as a “poor employer,” while local activists have described conditions in which employees are forced to work 60 hours a week with minimal breaks for just a shade over the minimum wage.

What’s worse, warehouse staff, most of whom are working on a temporary basis to help cover the yearly glut of Christmas orders, are forced by the agency they work for to allegedly pay £10 per day to take specially arranged buses to work—costing them roughly one seventh of their daily after-tax pay, effectively bringing it below the UK’s minimum wage of £7.20 per hour.