Fair Work for Flex Drivers

Amazon, It's Time to Level the Playing Field: Bots Are Killing Fair Access for Drivers Every day, thousands of hardworking, independent Amazon Flex drivers across the country compete for delivery blocks — but many of them are not losing to other drivers. They’re losing to bots. Amazon’s platform has been quietly flooded by third-party bots and automation tools that exploit loopholes in the system, snatching up delivery offers faster than any human can possibly react. These bots have created a two-tiered system: one for those who cheat the system, and another for those who play by the rules and lose because of it. This is not a minor issue. It’s an invisible war for fairness, and Amazon is failing to protect the people it depends on. The Problem Is Clear Independent drivers rely on Amazon Flex as a legitimate income stream. Yet every time a new block appears, it’s gone within milliseconds — not because thousands of people are refreshing their phones at the exact same time, but becau...