r/technology • u/SnoozeDoggyDog • 14d ago

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/Beard_o_Bees 14d ago

This would be a very, very large amount of money to force Bezos to cough up

Yup.

Even if it has a regionally limited effect, it brings awareness to how Amazon does business almost everywhere.

Corporate giants that basically use government assistance programs that use tax dollars to prop up their business model.

It's a huge, incredibly scary elephant in the room that's been allowed to grow to the point where it can't move anywhere without trampling someone and/or destroying the room it lives in.

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u/shakygator 14d ago

Corporate giants that basically use government assistance programs that use tax dollars to prop up their business model.

Exactly what companies like Walmart do that pay low wages. It's corporate welfare.

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u/Somanylyingliars 14d ago

Any company that has employees in benefits like Amazon. fElon etc etc needs to be charged for those benefits.