The Teamsters Union is now working with drivers at Amazon delivery service providers around the US over concerns about the retail giant’s impact on the transportation industry and use of subcontractors.Īn Amazon delivery driver pushes a cart of groceries to load into a vehicle outside of a distribution facility on 2 February 2021 in Redondo Beach, California Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images It just wasn’t worth the angry looks in the morning or the worry I’d get fired.”Īmazon uses contractors for delivery services, a move Meyers said makes it exceedingly difficult for workers to organize, and he said, contributes to drivers being overworked and underpaid by the delivery service providers who are paid bonuses on metrics such as route completion percentages.Īmazon has been publicly opposed to unionization and organizing among their employees, most recently through an anti-union campaign launched ahead of a union election vote at a warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, which has included anti-union captive audience meetings and sending mass texts and ads to workers encouraging them to vote against the union. Sitting on the phone with them made the stop take longer. I would personally get called by a dispatcher every time I stopped to go to the bathroom. Amazon encourages the delivery service owners to cut down on said stops. “Any time a van is off route or stops for longer than three minutes, it notifies the delivery service provider.
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