


Amazon drivers have UPS envy.
After UPS drivers secured a new labor contract in August paying up to $170K, some Amazon drivers, who earn just over minimum wage want to get behind the wheel of a brown truck.
After UPS inked a new contract with the powerful Teamsters union, searches for UPS drivers shot up by 50% on job boards including Indeed, according to reports.
Whats more, UPS drivers are boasting about their generous pay online as part of a campaign by the Teamsters to organize Amazon drivers and warehouse workers.
The pay disparity between the drivers has inspired online memes poking fun at Amazon drivers as “broke,” according to an Insider report.
Amazon drivers are mostly independent contractors and typically work for an Amazon Delivery Service Partner or DSP.
Two Amazon drivers in Akansas told the publication they believe they recently got raises because the UPS drivers are blabbing about their generous pay.
Jordan Talmon, 24, was bumped up to $18 per hour or $1 more than his previous hourly rate after working for Amazon since May.
“It’s a dollar raise. I wasn’t really that excited about it, honestly,” Talmon told Insider. “Seems kind of pitiful compared to UPS.”
An Amazon spokesperson told the publication that the raise is not determined by Amazon but by the DSP.
Another Amazon driver in Arkansas, Hunter Deaver, said he’s now earning $18.50 per hour or $2 more than when he was hired a year ago – adding that Amazon drivers joke about leaving for UPS in time for the holiday crunch, according to the report.
“I think it puts Amazon in this situation where they’re going to have to decide if they want to keep quality drivers or not,” Deaver told Insider.
Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.