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Re:Amazon threatened driver’s job for leaving route during t... by tablespoon on Friday December 17, 2021 @05:07PM (#29598951)
> I don't know what the answer is, but I think there is some gaming of the system going on where these companies have found a way to offload risk that is not really fair.

Yeah, Amazon is powerful enough to set its own rules, and by those rules it's never at fault.

Maybe the solution is to beef up some kind of small-claims-court like process, and have some actually-independent arbiter take a look at the facts.

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Re:Amazon threatened driver’s job for leaving route during t... by ece on Friday December 17, 2021 @05:24PM (#29599109)
The supreme court did recently rule for forced arbitration, making this idea mostly a no-go I would think. Collective bargaining, and forcing contractors to be employees are the more realistic options. If you can't actually choose your working time, and work 32+ hours, there's a good chance you should be an employee, or at least the option to become one should exist.
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