# Amazon exploits workers and is anti-union A : [[claim]] [[Amazon]] engages in [[worker exploitation]] and is [[anti-union]]. > A whopping 96% of drivers feel forced to drive dangerously to meet Amazon’s targets, according to a survey of hundreds of drivers from the Organise network. > > – [[Amazon workers tell bosses to scrap constant surveillance, micromanagement and unfair targets like Time Off Task]] > But Amazon’s 275,000 drivers are hired through 3,000 third-party subcontractors, with whom Amazon can cancel contracts with little explanation or warning, making it particularly difficult for workers to unionize or fight to improve conditions. > > – [[Extreme heat prompts first-ever Amazon delivery driver strike]] > Despite the fact that workers who deliver Amazon packages sport branded vests, shirts, and pants; drive Amazon-branded trucks; have schedules and wage floors set by Amazon; receive routes from an Amazon app; and can be disciplined and fired by Amazon, the company claims they aren’t technically employees. > > – [[Extreme heat prompts first-ever Amazon delivery driver strike]] > On April 24, the drivers announced that they had formed a union and had bargained a contract with Battle Tested Strategies to address fair pay and worker safety in the heat. They asked that Amazon respect the terms of the new contract, which guarantees $30 hourly wages, health and vehicle safety standards, and the right to refuse unsafe deliveries. > > Instead, the company immediately announced that the subcontractor “had a track record of failing to perform and had been notified of its termination for poor performance well before today’s announcement.” > > – [[Extreme heat prompts first-ever Amazon delivery driver strike]] ## See also - [Jeff Bezos is THE UNION-BUSTER](https://mailchi.mp/techwontsave.us/jeff-bezos-is-the-union-buster)