The bill would require companies like Amazon to directly employ the people who deliver their packages while also creating a licensing system that would hold the companies to new safety, training, and labor standards. It has the backing of Mayor Zohran Mamdani and 31 of the council’s 51 members—enough for it to pass if brought to a vote. Supporters of the bill say it would increase street safety while also providing better protection for the workers who deliver Amazon packages.
I was an Amazon delivery driver and it’s a rat race between contractor companies where if you’re too slow your contract gets terminated.
Except these “contractors” have to use Amazon’s app, Amazon’s warehouse, and custom Amazon delivery vans. If their contract gets terminated there’s just no more company.