More than 1,200 Amazon delivery drivers have been laid off in recent months after the company cut contracts with several small delivery companies across the country. Amazon informed at least seven firms that are a part of its Delivery Service Partner (DSP) program that it was severing their contracts. DSPs are contracted delivery providers, usually distinguishable by Amazon-branded cargo vans, that are responsible for picking up packages from Amazon delivery stations and dropping them off at doorsteps. Courier Distribution Systems, a delivery partner in Georgia, is laying off 273 drivers in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. “We have ended relationships with some partners and Amazon is working closely with all impacted drivers to ensure they find opportunities to deliver Amazon packages with other local Delivery Service Partners with little to no disruption to pay,” the spokesperson added.

Source: The Standard August 13, 2020 14:37 UTC