A Potential Change to the Way Amazon Hires 'Last Mile' Delivery Workers

The Brian Lehrer Show | 6 hours ago

Tiffany Cabán, NYC Council Member (District 22, Astoria, Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst, Woodside and Rikers Island talks about The Delivery Protection Act, which would require large companies like Amazon to hire so-called "last-mile" delivery workers, who are currently independent contractors, as well as other labor-friendly reforms.

Photo: Amazon Delivery person on sidewalk with loaded hand truck, Queens, New York. (Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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