SOC in the News June 1, 2022

Injuries among some Amazon drivers spiked sharply in 2021, new report says

Injuries among drivers for Amazon’s delivery service partners increased nearly 40% from 2020 to 2021, according to a group of labor unions that released the data in a report this month.

The Strategic Organizing Center (SOC), a coalition of labor unions, found that in 2021, Amazon’s third-party delivery contractors or delivery service partners suffered 18.3 injuries per 100 full-time-equivalent-workers, a 38% increase from the 2020 rate.

 

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