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Posted on 10/16/2026 11:27:23 PM PDT by Libloather
Amazon has said it may close more than a dozen warehouses and move thousands of workers out of New York City over a labor bill being pushed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani — and the e-commerce giant is likely to make good on the threat if the controversial legislation is enacted, industry experts told The Post.
The Delivery Protection Act would force Amazon to directly hire upwards of 5,000 delivery workers citywide who are currently employed by third-party contractors. Proponents say the legislation will increase workers’ pay and improve safety conditions at Amazon and other delivery firms including FedEx and DoorDash.
But Amazon doesn’t directly employ delivery workers anywhere else in the country — and has a history of fiercely resisting efforts to change its policies in the US and abroad. The result, according to experts, could be not only that those 5,000 delivery jobs move out of the city, but also that Amazon shutters its 15 last-mile warehouses in the Big Apple and fires the additional 2,000 workers that staff them.
Early last year, Amazon closed seven warehouses in Quebec near Montreal amid a labor fight involving one of its last-mile facilities. The union, Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN), had organized the 300 workers at a warehouse in the town of Laval.
By March 2025, some 1,900 Canadians across seven warehouses and 2,800 delivery contractors for those facilities had lost their jobs.
“Amazon will retaliate, because it has to send a firm message to the rest of the country that ‘If you mess with us, this is what will happen,’” said Marc Wulfraat, president and founder of Montreal-based logistics consulting firm, MWPVL International.
“When you look at Amazon’s global operations, they close buildings left, right and center when there is union activity.”
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2019 - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Celebrated Amazon Pulling Out of New York––But the Governor Says It Cost the City 25,000 Jobs
https://time.com/5530386/aoc-amazon-new-york-hq2/
Mandami will of course go running to a foreign born Dumacrat judge.
A labor bill being pushed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the “Delivery Protection Act” would force Amazon to directly hire upwards of 5,000 delivery workers citywide who are currently employed by third-party contractors.
Amazon doesn’t directly employ delivery workers — and has a history of fiercely resisting efforts to change its policies in the US and abroad.
The result, according to experts, could be not only that those 5,000 delivery jobs move out of the city, but also that Amazon shutters its 15 last-mile warehouses in the Big Apple and fires the additional 2,000 workers that staff them.
I’m for Amazon on doing this. Let Mamdani worry about it.
So, according to what Amazon is threatening to do, would last mile warehouses begin popping up in non-NYC locations that are basically within spitting distance of the NYC city line?
Those deliveries still need to be made.
How about adding a NYC surcharge to every order delivered to NYC. Say $25 per order. Let the voters learn a lesson, FAFO!
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