Teamsters representatives rallied outside City Hall alongside Council Member Tiffany Cabán and a small number of workers from Amazon’s DBK1 facility in Woodside to call on the City Council to pass legislation early next year that would require delivery companies such as Amazon to directly hire their drivers.
Cabán’s Delivery Protection Act aims to end the Delivery Service Partner (DSP) model, which sees companies such as Amazon indirectly employ drivers through third-party businesses. Under the legislation, Amazon and other last-mile facilities in the city would be required to obtain licenses from the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection, which would outline the conditions of the license, including safety, training and employment requirements.
