> a lot of these workers are independent contractors My understanding was that, though the "Flex" delivery workers could be independent contractors (where all

> a lot of these workers are independent contractors My understanding was that, though the "Flex" delivery workers could be independent contractors (where allowed, similar to the ride hailing situation), that's not possible for the fulfillment workers. That is, they're contractors from Amazon's POV, but they're still employees of a contracting company (aka body shop [1]). I'm not sure how unionizing would work in that situation, but I imagine at least something must be possible if there always must be (at least) an employer. [1] at least in tech. not sure if that bit of slang gets used elsewhere.