Amazon Is Spending Big Against NYC’s Delivery Protection Act
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Big Take: How Amazon Landed On Mamdani's Labor Agenda
On today’s Big Take podcast, reporters Spencer Soper and Josh Eidelson join Sarah Holder to discuss why New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is challenging the subcontractor model Amazon relies on for last-mile deliveries — and how the move could challenge corporate America’s reliance on subcontractors more broadly. (Source: Bloomberg)
Amazon Is Spending Big Against NYC’s Delivery Protection Act
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is backing the Delivery Protection Act, a piece of local legislation which would require Amazon to directly employ their drivers. It could open a lane for drivers to unionize — and is thus seen as an existential threat by Amazon.
The mayor of New York backed the Delivery Protection Act, a project that would force large companies to take direct responsibility for workers currently dependent on contracting companies. Amazon opposes the initiative and warns about its costs.
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