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Drivers shocked after Amazon announces rate cut from April 5 (www.asahi.com)

submitted 23 hours ago by alapakala@quokk.au to c/world@quokk.au

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Amazon Japan has notified its package delivery drivers that it is lowering compensation rates from April 5 and stated it will terminate contracts if employees do not accept the changes.

For many drivers, the rate changes the company notified them of meant a pay cut, and a number of workers have since reached out to Japan's Fair Trade Commission.

Among them is a 33‑year‑old man working as a delivery driver in the Kansai region. The job pays him about 100,000 yen ($628) per month, accounting for roughly half of his monthly earnings.

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[–] 20cello@lemmy.world 17 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

You know what company would collapse in minutes without the drivers doing their job?

[–] Gabadabs@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 20 hours ago

Not Amazon, their store is small potatoes for them. Their real money maker is amazon web services.