Amazon Pours $2.1 Billion Into Contract Delivery, Lifting Wages
- Amazon expects driver pay to rise to almost $22 an hour
- The Teamsters have targeted contract firms for unionization
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Amazon.com Inc. plans to spend an additional $2.1 billion on its contract delivery program, including safety programs, training and additional pay for the contracting firms.
The company says it expects the outlays to raise average pay for drivers, who pilot Amazon-branded vans but technically work for independent companies that Amazon calls Delivery Service Partners, to almost $22 an hour, up 7% from a year earlier.