Amazon Says It Doesn’t ‘Employ’ Drivers, But Records Show It Hired Firms to Prevent Them From Unionizing::Amazon spent $14.2 million total on anti-union consulting in 2022, filings with the Department of Labor show.
What’s crazy is I hear unionization is usually more expensive to fight against, but these CEO’s are essentially morally opposed to it. Every time I hear stories of these people their lives would have been so much easier and their businesses more profitable but they just cannot stand people unionizing.
dunning_cougar@waveform.social 1 year ago
Then who or what is driving the delivery trucks that say Amazon on the side?
krische@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Independent contractors. They’re like employed in almost every way except the legal way.
DrZoidberg@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I’ve had Amazon packages delivered by some dude wearing basketball shorts and a t-shirt driving a random Toyota Corolla. It’s like they use Uber for delivery.
_finger_@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Then it should be even easier to unionize
Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Usually not independent contractors. Amazon has contracts with other regional companies to do local deliveries and drivers are employees of these smaller companies.