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Amazon Delivery Drivers Walk Out in First-Ever Driver Strike | Vice (www.vice.com)

submitted 1 year ago by dirtmayor@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] thal3s@kbin.social 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

The [84] drivers, who work for the Amazon delivery service partner (DSP) Battle-Tested Strategies in Palmdale, California, unionized with the Teamsters in late April, and are demanding that Amazon come to the bargaining table to negotiate a contract. Drivers have already negotiated and ratified a contract with the DSP, which voluntarily recognized their union.

Amazon has previously stated that, because the drivers don’t work directly for Amazon—they work for the DSP, which is then contracted by Amazon—that the company is not obligated to bargain with them. For the past month, the union has been trying to prove that wrong, saying that, despite Amazon placing all responsibility onto the DSP, it is in fact in “complete control” of the DSP’s operations.

While the strike is important, if we can get recognition that these subcontractors are just a way for corporations to dodge employment laws, that would be fucking HUGE.

[–] OofShoot@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

While the strike is important, if we can get recognition that these subcontractors are just a way for corporations to dodge employment laws, that would be fucking HUGE.

I've been idly trying to come up with a framework that discourages this kind of behavior, and I haven't come up with anything good. Got any ideas? Everything I come up with either wouldn't work or would never get implemented.

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A fucking livable minimum wage to start at. Universal health care for another. Free, or very inexpensive, education for a third. Basic things that other countries seem able to do.

[–] melonplant@latte.isnot.coffee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Agreed but to start with the same benefits as a full time employee would be a start.

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