Why Amazon Delivery Drivers Are On Strike

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

My husband and I work full-time for one of the wealthiest companies in the world. So why can’t we afford to start a family?

For four years, my husband, Andrew, and I have driven delivery vehicles for Amazon throughout Southern California. My job means a lot to me. Rain or shine, I make over 160 stops a day delivering packages in my community, and I’m proud knowing that what I do makes a difference in people’s lives. But for too long, Amazon has taken advantage of me and my co-workers.

You might think a corporation worth more than $2 trillion would treat its employees better. At Amazon’s facility in the City of Industry, known as DAX5, we earn $22 per hour and I am not paid for my lunch break. I work four days per week, for 10 hours per day, and do not make enough to cover the cost of living in California.

The vans we drive are dirty and often unsafe. On top of that, we are constantly monitored by cameras inside our vans searching for the smallest infractions—even during our breaks.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/why-amazon-delivery-drivers-are-on-strike/ar-AA1whYfw

[SheltieLover]

1. It's a pretty well-known, sad fact that those who work at Amazon, Wall-Hell, Home Depot, etc. LIVE ON FOODSTAMPS

Sickening!

[1WorldHope]

2. I am pulling for you all! I hope it shuts the company down.

Go Union!

[MichMan]

3. If I was the OP, I would look for a different job n/t

[Cirsium]

4. That is anti-union

You are expressing management's point of view: "if you don't like it here, go work somewhere else."

[MichMan]

6. I worked in several low paying unsatisfying jobs before moving on to something better.

Haven't you?

Unemployment is at historic lows right now; plenty of other opportunities out there.

"I am not paid for my lunch break. On top of that, we are constantly monitored by cameras inside our vans searching for the smallest infractions—even during our breaks."

FYI, My brother is a Teamster driving a truck making deliveries to major grocery stores daily for the last 25 years. He doesn't get paid for lunch and has a camera inside his truck. UPS drivers are very well paid with a strong union and the same applies to them too.

[Cirsium]

8. Of course

As a personal choice, moving on to better paying work is the right thing to do.

But the thread is not about personal choice, but rather collective action. In that context "get another job" is politically reactionary.

[Attilatheblond]

5. Sadly, most corporations treat the workers badly and underpay them

It's the US Capitalists' business model. And prices are gonna go up, so it's gonna be more glum for workers. Eventually, there will be more violence as desperation begets anger and anger begets blind fury.

Food, rent gonna require more an more money each month. Workers aren't getting a fair cut of corporate profits. Changing jobs is a band-aide on a gaping wound.

[Omaha Steve]

7. K&R

[4th]

9. There seems to be lots of scabbing going on.

I certainly see delivery trucks with Amazon markings driving around Chicago and vicinity.