"For most New Yorkers, convenience is all we see when we shop online. Click, buy, delivered. But what feels so easy to us is hurting our neighborhoods and the workers in Amazon vests who make it happen. The culprit? Last mile delivery centers, the giant hubs where companies like Amazon sort packages and send them to your doorstep. More and more of these have been popping up in New York."
"For workers, Last-Mile jobs are among the most hazardous around. Delivery drivers and warehouse staff are pushed to meet impossible quotas. They work long hours for low pay. They suffer high rates of serious injury. And because companies like Amazon hide behind fake shell companies and pretend subcontractors, they dodge responsibility for unsafe conditions. For communities, last-mile centers mean truck traffic, noise, and dirty air."
Amazon-branded delivery workers in New York are typically employed by subcontractors rather than Amazon. Last-mile delivery centers are increasing across the city, serving as sorting hubs that dispatch packages to residences. Workers at these centers face impossible quotas, long hours, low pay, and high rates of serious injury. Companies often use shell entities and subcontracting to avoid accountability for unsafe conditions. Neighborhoods around last-mile facilities experience truck traffic, noise, and polluted air. Facilities are predominantly sited in low-income Black and Brown communities with elevated asthma, heart disease, and pollution-related illnesses. Two City Council bills seek to curb pollution and require direct employment and retaliation protections for drivers and warehouse staff.
Read at www.amny.com
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