The District of Columbia sued Amazon on Wednesday, alleging the company secretly stopped providing its fastest delivery service to residents of two predominantly Black neighborhoods while still charging millions of dollars for a membership that promises the benefit.
The complaint filed in District of Columbia Superior Court revolves around Amazon’s Prime membership, which costs consumers $139 per year or $14.99 per month for fast deliveries — including one-day, two-day and same-day shipments — along with other enhancements.
In mid-2022, the lawsuit alleges, the Seattle-based online retailer imposed what it called a delivery “exclusion” on two low-income ZIP codes in the district — 20019 and 20020 — and began relying exclusively on third-party delivery services such as UPS and the U.S. Postal Service, rather than its own delivery systems.
Why is Amazon not delivering to that area? Because I thought it was that their drivers were at risk. Why are postal workers expendable but Amazon workers aren’t? Is this some anti-union thing that you are taking way, way too far?
Because they are lying to improve their bottom line.
It’s a combination of them wanting to pay low wages, and not getting people interested (because again, you have to compete with USPS wages/benefits) and that certain zip codes order more smaller value items, making the expedited shipping cost cut into their profits.
Right. You think it’s fine for a non-union, for-profit corporation to put unionized public employees at risk. This has already been established. I just don’t get why you think unionized public employees deserve to be attacked instead of Amazon employees. Is it the free life insurance policy or is the post office just too socialist for you?
Your the one simping for Amazon claiming certain American communities are essentially too violent. If I had my way they would be required to have equivalent or better versions of the USPS contract given how hard they dog their employees.
Where are all of these attacks happening? How come USPS can handle it fine, yet Amazon can’t? Stop licking Bozos boot.