Mamdani vs Bezos: Round Whatever
New York City Council member Tiffany Cabán's Delivery Protection Act wants Amazon, FedEx and friends to stop treating last mile drivers as disposable contractors and start treating them as actual employees with benefits and protections. Mayor Mamdani just threw his weight behind it, escalating his running feud with Big Tech labor practices. Amazon says the move would jack up costs and could push it to ditch NYC distribution hubs entirely, the same threat it made when HQ2 talks collapsed. Drivers, meanwhile, keep getting hurt chasing delivery quotas.
Nothing says 'essential worker' like no health insurance and a GPS tracker counting your bathroom breaks.