alt Hacker NewsBut… what does it do?!
I’m all about holding Amazon to the same standards, but what precisely does this accomplish? The subcontracting delivery companies already have to follow the same laws as every other company, don’t they?
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The bill[1], which is named in the video, is available on the public Internet.
1 - https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=7...
It requires Amazon to directly employ delivery drivers in New York City and sets up a licensing scheme for last-mile delivery.
Agree. Unclear on what the actual specific harms are, whether they systemic, and how a new set of laws would help fix it.
Also what are the harms that new rules introduce? Are you going to eliminate a bunch of new small businesses that do deliveries and replace them with everything being under one, giant, multi-trillion dollar company?
The act basically makes Amazon responsible for these subcontractors. BTW, they are not only ones who do this, UPS and Fedex have similar setups.
The problem here is Amazon farms out delivery to these companies, set impossible delivery standards that require these subcontractor employees to do things that break the law OR cause damage to their health. However, since Amazon is technically not employing them, they have no liability.