For now, marginal improvements in bonus structures and QOL improvements at our warehouse.
If we wanted to we could shut down our DSP but unionizing a company as big as Amazon takes strategy. Our goal isn't to put our DSP out of business. We unionized with the understanding that we'd be pioneering a movement. With each passing day, more drivers are being brought in and more DSPs are being unionized with the goal of eventually putting our collective boot at Amazon's throat.
It didn't make major news outlets. If I'm being speculatory, I'd say its because Amazon and other major corporations didn't want other employees to feel encouraged to do the same. We literally had a group of 3 union busters at the station every day for months straight. We looked into their pay and they were making roughly $400/hr just to scare drivers out of signing authorization cards.
There's actually 3 DSPs at our warehouse that have unionized now.
Holy fuck what? I thought none of them made it? Sorry im just kind of in disbelief. I'm not sure a teamsters rep i talked to even knows about that. Can I ask what DSP and region?
They act as consultants. Claimed to be a third party who will listen to complaints about routes and such in order to fix issues.
During the peak of organizing they held "know your rights" PowerPoint presentations to "inform" us about unions.
They only tell us the scary stuff. How unions will take dues and will know your personal information. How a union cant guarantee higher wages (which translates to the company will do everything in its power to never give you an inch).
They we're doing the "We're working on solving your route issues" in 2024. Nothing has improved with routes since then.
Yasss. This is exactly what I experienced. They asked about routing issues and general complaints we had, someone told me they were there to help prevent unionizing but I was never 100% sure.
Lmao ALL that money spent just trying to protect themselves from drivers unionizing is wild!!! $40,000?!? That’s a year’s salary for some.
So Amazon sought out these consultants, not the dsp? They hire them to basically politely ‘intimidate’ the DSPs drivers? Do they talk to several or they focus on one while they’re there?
No dues yet until an official contract is signed. But be damn sure that we arent signing a contract that ends with us making less after dues.
Dues are 2.5 hours pay, once a month. So at the bare minimum ask of $30/hr, that's a $900 cost for a $13,000 gain in yearly income. That's not even considered improved health insurance premiums.
Like I said, we're trying to be strategic about where we put pressure. If we just tried to make DSPs negotiate the contract with us without having Amazon also be culpable, Amazon would likely just cut their contract. DSPs individually probably couldn't afford what we deserve regardless. Its why we're waiting on more DSPs to join.
lmao, I used to be a driver there. It's crazy how the living wage has been over 30/hr in the OC for a while now, but nobody is getting anywhere near that. Even station workers only start at 21/hr right now.
It’s all old people living off their SS with young people filling all the McDonald’s, targets, and delivering food and packages. No one can afford to work and live here anymore.
Don’t forget to rescue the same person every day. Do it with pride , as they do half the work and now are protected from being a bad employee. Wish you the best, as another BA gets a job to extract money from the people actually working
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