Amazon is bumping its average national pay for contracted delivery drivers to roughly $22 an hour, up from $20.50 an hour, the company said Thursday.<\/p>\n
The wage increase is part of Amazon\u2019s $2.1 billion investment this year into its delivery service partner program, which are the legions of contracted firms that handle last-mile delivery of packages from the company\u2019s warehouses to shoppers\u2019 doorsteps.<\/p>\n
The company\u2019s announcement comes as it faces a renewed unionization effort among its contracted delivery workers.<\/p>\n
Beryl Tomay, Amazon\u2019s vice president of transportation, wrote in a blog post that many DSPs are \u201calready paying well above\u201d $22 an hour. The increased rates will continue to support DSPs \u201cin their efforts to recruit and retain high-performing teams.\u201d<\/p>\n
Amazon announced the pay bump at the same time that it is hosting an annual, closed-door conference for those delivery contractors, called Ignite Live, in Las Vegas. The company made a similar announcement at last year\u2019s event. Amazon has said it has added more than 3,500 DSPs to the program since it launched in 2018.<\/p>\n
The Teamsters Union has led several strikes at Amazon delivery facilities in the past year, and it has made organizing Amazon employees a key focus after launching a division dedicated to the online retail giant in 2021.<\/p>\n
The National Labor Relations Board has also been scrutinizing the company\u2019s relationship with its contracted delivery workforce. Since August, the federal labor agency has issued two determinations finding that Amazon should be deemed a \u201cjoint employer\u201d of employees at two subcontracted delivery companies. The NLRB\u2019s determination could compel Amazon to bargain with employees seeking to unionize.<\/p>\n
Amazon has fought to avoid being designated as a joint employer of its contracted delivery drivers, arguing that the workers are employed by third-party firms. Lawmakers and labor groups have disputed the company\u2019s characterization, saying drivers wear Amazon-branded uniforms, drive Amazon-branded vans and have their schedules and performance expectations set by Amazon.<\/p>\n
The company has previously said it disagrees with the NLRB\u2019s findings.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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