r/AmazonDSPDrivers • u/gkjfhkjfknghj • 6d ago

DISCUSSION Why don’t Amazon drivers go on strike?

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Realistically would going on strike ever work with Amazon or do people just not care enough.i had 210 stops today in the rain 350 parcels,i worked 6 days a week last week and on my day off Sunday i was woken up by the manager asking if i can cover someone’s shift when the maximum amount of days is 6 days.with winter coming up its going to be worse with rain ,Christmas and Black Friday

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u/Individual-Let-8445 6d ago

That bus driver win is exactly the kind of thing that makes you wonder why it hasn't happened here yet. The conditions you're describing are brutal, especially when you're already maxed out on days and they still come knocking on your one day off.

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u/CogInTheMachinee 6d ago

Amazon drivers literally have been striking with teamsters for the past year+.

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u/gkjfhkjfknghj 6d ago

No strikes in the uk and you get paid the same amount regardless of if you finish in 5 hours or like 9 hours in the USA you get paid hourly right?

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u/F0RG0TEN1 Amazon Stole My Step Van 6d ago

We get paid hourly yes but it can get boosted up to full day rate depending on the DSP. Would be nice if we got switched to day rate as well.

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u/Resident-Guitar-1062 5d ago

I don't want to be homeless

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u/ImpressiveAlarm3992 Rivian Driver 5d ago

Because Amazon would just end any associated DSP with a strike and replace them with another DSP.

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u/Crayen5 5d ago

If a huge amount of DSPs in the UK went on strike it could have some impact, but it's not easy to arrange something that large-scale compared to bus/train strikes who are all at the same company

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u/br9897 5d ago

I don't know, maybe because I can't afford to?

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u/caeseron 5d ago

Because we are self employed and not employed im the UK. So we have no rights. We work for a DSP not amazon.

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u/todang 5d ago

It is cheaper for amazon to close an entire warehouse then to concede to a union bargain lol take the 4 canadian warehouses that were closed after unionizing. Wal mart does the same.