[HN Gopher] Amazon Delivery Drivers Unionized. Now They Have to ...
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       Amazon Delivery Drivers Unionized. Now They Have to Prove They Work
       for Amazon
        
       Author : paulpauper
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2023-05-14 18:10 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | CraigRo wrote:
       | Strikes me as an uphill lift. Amazon didn't agree to this
       | contract, so going to be hard to enforce it. Most likely Amazon
       | drops BTS if the union goes on strike
        
         | mikebonnell wrote:
         | It appears that Amazon has already said that they're going to
         | be dropped, strike or no strike.
        
       | bbbbzzz1 wrote:
       | > To its credit, the owner of the DSP, Battle-Tested Strategies
       | (BTS), voluntarily recognized the union and signed the collective
       | bargaining agreement almost immediately.
       | 
       | > The problem? Amazon did not.
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       | The headline is misleading and doesn't make it clear the workers
       | don't directly work for Amazon. They work for Battle-Tested
       | Strategies
        
         | cwillu wrote:
         | That's the point in question:
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         | > The union's next step is proving that wrong. Amazon, it says,
         | is a joint employer of the drivers, and in full control of the
         | conditions that caused them to organize--low pay, unsafe heat
         | conditions, and extreme performance requirements--despite the
         | fact that it places those responsibilities on the DSP.
        
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