TEAMSTERS RALLY FOR DELIVERY PROTECTION ACT AT NEW YORK CITY HALL

Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien joined hundreds of Amazon Teamsters and New York City elected officials for a rally at City Hall on Oct. 22, urging Council Speaker Julie Menin to schedule an immediate vote on the Delivery Protection Act. The bill, authored by Councilmember Tiffany Cabán (D-22nd District), would require delivery companies such as Amazon to register their facilities with the city and ban subcontracting for last-mile delivery drivers in the five boroughs. Speakers said Amazon profits through a subcontracting model that shields legal liability. O’Brien claimed Amazon has spent more than $8 million on a dark-money campaign to block the legislation.