Like many gig economy workers, Amazon Flex drivers start off their day by opening an app. The Flex app is where drivers find package delivery jobs in their area. After they log in, drivers will ...

Stephen Normandin spent almost four years racing around Phoenix delivering packages as a contract driver for Amazon.com Inc. Then one day, he received an automated e-mail. The algorithms tracking him ...

An Amazon Flex driver said she was fired by a tracking algorithm suddenly last October. As a result, the mother of three said, her car — containing donated Christmas presents for her children — was ...

Amazon offers customers in major cities convenience. Like magic, packages ranging from cleaning products to electronics can appear on their doorstep within hours. Delivering these packages is supposed ...

Automation is a large part of Amazon’s success. At the gigantic retailer’s also gigantic distribution centers, robots trundle around ferrying goods from one place to another, the same goods that you ...

New Jersey is the latest state to sue Amazon over its labor practices, alleging the e-commerce giant is wrongly classifying some of its delivery drivers as independent contractors to deprive them of ...

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Stephen Normandin spent almost four years racing around Phoenix delivering packages as a contract driver for Amazon.com Inc. Then one day, he received an automated email. The algorithms tracking him ...

Stephen Normandin spent almost four years racing around Phoenix, Ariz., delivering packages as a contract driver for Amazon.com Inc. Then one day, he received an automated email. The algorithms ...