On social media and in interviews, drivers delivering Amazon packages said the company's claim was out of touch with their reality. "The lack of rest and meal breaks was part of the culture for Amazon delivery drivers," said Seattle driver Henry Abreu in the lawsuit. One of Amazon's defences against those claims was that the company does not directly employ many of the drivers delivering Amazon packages. All told, more than 400,000 contract or self-employed drivers deliver goods for Amazon. In social media groups for Amazon warehouse workers and delivery drivers Thursday, workers shared stories of when they were forced to pee in a bottle.

Source: The Star March 28, 2021 03:00 UTC