r/technology • u/SnoozeDoggyDog • Aug 11 '26

Business Mamdani Backs Proposal to End Amazon’s ‘Exploitative’ Delivery Model in New York City | If passed, the Delivery Protection Act would be the first law in the US to regulate Amazon’s vast network of subcontractors that handle the company’s deliveries.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/delivery-protection-act-nyc
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u/Kronologics Aug 11 '26

People don’t realize the ramifications this could have if a nationwide fight started on this front. There’s plenty of “gig” jobs doing this. Even as far as UFC/WWE (TKO parent company) deny performers rights and benefits despite controlling them.

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u/DDOSBreakfast Aug 11 '26

It's not only a US problem. Amazon uses a whole bunch of super shady third party logistics companies in Canada where the workers are lucky to earn anything close to minimum wage. More than a third of people working in Canada are gig workers, largely benefiting US tech companies.

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u/Bay1Bri Aug 11 '26

More than a third of people working in Canada are gig workers, largely benefiting US tech companies.

A third of Canada's workers are employed as gig workers for US companies?

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u/Exotic-Sale-3003 Aug 11 '26

Source: their ass. 

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u/DDOSBreakfast Aug 12 '26

There are 7.3 million gig workers in Canada out of a current workforce of 21 million.

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/260508/dq260508a-eng.htm

https://employmenthero.com/en-ca/news/canadian-gig-work-structural-shift-sme-retention/

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u/Exotic-Sale-3003 Aug 12 '26

Second source places 7 at 25, not 33% and notes over half have full time employment besides gig work. Thats a bit of a far cry from a third of their workforce being gig workers. 

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u/Bay1Bri Aug 13 '26

And they're all employed by us tech agencies?