Baffles me that you can steal $62M dollars and there’s no criminal charges. Art thieves should set themselves up a Delaware C-Corp*, clearly.

* Legal question: what’s the ideal corporate structure for a gang of thieves? https://t.co/QW0IjZ9bLj

— Steve Canon (@stephentyrone) February 2, 2021

BREAKING: AMAZON STOLE TIPS FROM ITS DRIVERS

“Rather than passing along 100 percent of customers’ tips to drivers, as it had promised to do, Amazon used the money itself”https://t.co/wzZrgm0yhQ

— Adam Smith (@adamndsmith) February 2, 2021

In 2015, @Amazon promised to pay drivers $18—$25/hour + tips.
In 2016, @FTC charges Amazon secretly began cutting pay & siphoning tips to make up the difference, taking “almost 1/3 of drivers’ tips to pad its own bottom line.”

Amazon will repay $61.7M: https://t.co/CsjOXj9sSJ https://t.co/v35cwsNIp3 pic.twitter.com/EnBNaXWlML

— Alex Howard (@digiphile) February 2, 2021

Amazon made close to $1 billion/day last quarter. Not only will it shrug off this fine, it will barely notice it. https://t.co/jDDeq6LAjg

— Alex Kantrowitz (@Kantrowitz) February 2, 2021

In 2019, @JMBooyah broke the story that Amazon was using their flex drivers' tips to cover wages (https://t.co/651SGgjW8C). Today, the FTC announced Amazon is to pay a $61.7 million settlement, representing the $ it allegedly withheld from drivers. https://t.co/nYfEQw6K4x

— suhauna hussain (@suhaunah) February 2, 2021

Amazon wage theft case settled. https://t.co/XO14ITOJG0

— Don't proctor me, bro (@hypervisible) February 2, 2021

The settlement comes nearly two years after the Los Angeles Times first exposed that Amazon was dipping into customer tips to cover the base pay guaranteed to Flex drivers, who deliver Amazon Fresh, Prime Now and other orders. https://t.co/gVl1fT3yp8

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) February 2, 2021

The richest man in the world stiffed his drivers for $61.7 million in tips https://t.co/Ao8Nk8S9zH

— Zach Carter (@zachdcarter) February 2, 2021

#BREAKING: Amazon to pay $61.7M to settle FTC charges it withheld some customer tips from Amazon Flex drivers. Settlement returns full amount that Amazon allegedly withheld from drivers and will be used by the FTC to compensate drivers: https://t.co/FH3j8JK93L 1/4 pic.twitter.com/bwpcPgl4Pj

— FTC (@FTC) February 2, 2021

“Rather than passing along 100 percent of customers’ tips to drivers, as it had promised to do, Amazon used the money itself”

Amazon will pay the FTC $61.7 million over charges that it withheld customer tips from Amazon Flex drivershttps://t.co/L7RTnWTBpG

— Sarah Kessler (@SarahFKessler) February 2, 2021

Today the @FTC announced an important enforcement action against Amazon for secretly withholding millions of dollars in promised tips from its gig drivers. I'm grateful for staff's hard work to uncover and investigate this mistreatment of Amazon's workers https://t.co/WaQVOuSQO4.

— Rebecca Kelly Slaughter (@RKSlaughterFTC) February 2, 2021

Here's our story on it: Nearly two years after the @latimes first revealed Amazon was dipping into driver tips to cover their minimum pay, Amazon is being fined $61.7 million by the @FTC https://t.co/Wg1h6yGL5g

— Johana Bhuiyan (@JMBooyah) February 2, 2021

This is a drop in the bucket for Amazon.

Amazon has crushed small businesses and stolen intellectual property from startups.

We must do more to curb their anticompetitive behavior. https://t.co/wTdL9ccN6d

— Congressman Ken Buck (@RepKenBuck) February 2, 2021

Amazon ordered to pay back $61.7m after pocketing delivery drivers’ tips https://t.co/BTx2xZpaTA via @financialtimes

— Aidan Regan (@Aidan_Regan) February 2, 2021

Amazon ordered to pay back $61.7m after pocketing delivery drivers’ tips https://t.co/P61eiPcdkT

— Financial Times (@FT) February 2, 2021

New: Amazon is paying $61,710,583 to its gig workers for stealing their tips.

The level of deception Amazon used in this case of wage theft is horrifying https://t.co/tHmprm9FVZ

— Lauren Kaori Gurley (@LaurenKGurley) February 2, 2021

When billionaires steal from workers their punishment if caught is to give the money back and promise not to do it again.

Why aren't Amazon execs in prison for this?https://t.co/0Wtz4TU0k8

— Tacoma Mike? (@mgb5000) February 2, 2021

An FTC investigation found that Amazon baited drivers with promised earnings, and then secretly slashed wages by pocketing tips. https://t.co/8YoTBer2FZ

— VICE (@VICE) February 2, 2021

"Rather than coming clean, Amazon took elaborate steps to mislead its drivers and conceal its theft, sending them canned responses that repeated the company’s lies." @LaurenKGurleyhttps://t.co/M3sZ6QVt7w

— Economic Hardship Reporting Project (@econhardship) February 2, 2021

Amazon has agreed to pay $61.7 million to settle allegations that it stole its Amazon Flex drivers tips over a two-and-a-half year period. https://t.co/NoTnXRPSGj

— Motherboard (@motherboard) February 2, 2021

Jesus Christ.

Amazon stole their workers' tips for years. These workers deliver your Amazon packages via an app called Amazon Flex, where they drive their own cars & pay for all the expenses (gas, insurance, car payments, etc). https://t.co/6CgdztikAw

— Gig Workers Rising (@GigWorkersRise) February 2, 2021

I’m fucking livid! I try so hard to make better choices for workers and overtip when I do get help from a gig worker, but individual choices will never be enough.

Without oversight, companies will literally STEAL THE TIP to continue underpaying workers https://t.co/1MlfDcPx7H

— lorena cupcake they/them (@lorenacupcake) February 2, 2021

Amazon shortchanged drivers $61.7 million in tips. Now it has settled with the FTC to pay up https://t.co/FSci9DSedX

— Joe Heim (@JoeHeim) February 2, 2021

Amazon deprives drivers of rightful compensation until forced to pay by the FTC.

Amazon has a relentless campaign to suppress unionization (including placing flyers in restrooms).

Jeff Bezos has a net worth of nearly $200 billion.

Where do you shop? https://t.co/cYngOsdyUY

— Steven Kleinman (@SMKleinman) February 2, 2021

Amazon to pay $61.7 million to settle charges it stole driver tips https://t.co/OrJVlV8XFa #SmartNews

— Sailor Michael⚓✈ (@Megawatts55) February 2, 2021

Amazon will pay $61.7 million in a settlement over allegations that the company used customer tips to subsidize the hourly wages of some delivery drivers.

It's an important milestone in the long battle to halt abuses of gig workers: https://t.co/ClWQ4idI50

— Vox (@voxdotcom) February 2, 2021

Amazon will pay nearly $62 million over “outrageous” practice of pocketing driver tips - https://t.co/rmXVfU3G9w via @_feedspot

— Senators Do Your Duty: Convict Donald Trump! (@Defeat_Trump2) February 2, 2021

Amazon will pay nearly $62 million over “outrageous” practice of pocketing driver tips https://t.co/SFCMcgtMbj

— Vox (@voxdotcom) February 2, 2021

Amazon will pay nearly $62 million over "outrageous" practice of pocketing driver tips https://t.co/yu1hBb2IU1

— Jeffrey Levin (@jilevin) February 2, 2021

Again...sure wish we could say that we're suprised by this egregious behavior.

How greedy do you have to be to rip off your own contractors? https://t.co/yjd7gyOHWS via @voxdotcom

— 350 Seattle (@350_Seattle) February 2, 2021

Amazon has unveiled a flashy 90-second Super Bowl ad starring Michael B. Jordan. The airtime will cost them millions.

Still, drop in the bucket. Amazon could've bought 6 or 7 Super Bowl ads with the $62 million in tips they stole from their drivers. https://t.co/i4SFKGfPUN

— Raven Book Store #SaveTheUSPS ✉️ (@ravenbookstore) February 2, 2021

The entire $61.7 million FTC settlement is earmarked to repay Amazon Flex drivers. But two FTC commissioners want Congress to also give the agency power to hand down big penalties for first-time offenses like this one https://t.co/1AXkwOsaQF

— Jason Del Rey (@DelRey) February 2, 2021

Unions are your ONLY safeguard against abusive Corporations like Amazon that steal low wage workers tipshttps://t.co/zxJWXARI4C

— StopJeff (@StopJeff1) February 2, 2021

not a great time for amazon to be advocating against a union https://t.co/aQVEpcBhdS

— alex (@alex) February 2, 2021

FTC: Amazon pocketed tips, to tune of $61.7 million, intended for independent contractors: https://t.co/GfLbCCmS7B

It's yet another example of how independent contractors can be exploited by big biz. See, from @propublica: https://t.co/nQLlALPtmj

— Ken Armstrong (@bykenarmstrong) February 2, 2021

Amazon will pay nearly $62 million over “outrageous” practice of pocketing driver tips https://t.co/FVThKxAPwT via @voxdotcom

— norisgirl (@norisgirl) February 2, 2021

Amazon will pay nearly $62 million over “outrageous” practice of pocketing driver tips https://t.co/RbdeDMq0Qs via @voxdotcom

— #CaliBernication (@brooklynnygirl) February 2, 2021

Amazon will pay $61.7 million to delivery drivers after withholding full tips.

The settlement comes nearly two years after @JMBooyah first exposed that Amazon was dipping into customer tips to cover the base pay guaranteed to Flex drivers. https://t.co/gVl1fSLXxA

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) February 2, 2021

Here's our story on it: Nearly two years after the @latimes first revealed Amazon was dipping into driver tips to cover their minimum pay, Amazon is being fined $61.7 million by the @FTC https://t.co/Wg1h6yGL5g

— Johana Bhuiyan (@JMBooyah) February 2, 2021

Two years after @JMBooyah first exposed that Amazon was withholding tips from delivery drivers, and after an FTC investigation, the online giant said it would pay $61.7 million to drivers who had been denied their tips. https://t.co/GcxinGsb7u

— Meg James (@MegJamesLAT) February 2, 2021

Amazon will pay $61.7 million to delivery drivers after withholding tips https://t.co/i6W2OOo3nE

— Dr. Katalin Pota? (@katalin_pota) February 2, 2021

Amazon will pay $61.7 million to delivery drivers after withholding tips ht to @JMBooyah on this great investigation https://t.co/8zdfSyggxI

— Anousha (@anoushasakoui) February 2, 2021

Amazon will pay $61.7 million to delivery drivers after withholding tips, thanks to @latimes investigation by @JMBooyah
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— Margot Roosevelt (@margotroosevelt) February 2, 2021

Well, THIS is good news.https://t.co/pcT1NUimDr

— guerrilla girl (@guerrillagirl) February 2, 2021

Amazon ordered to pay back $61.7m after pocketing delivery drivers’ tips https://t.co/bC0YScynYC via @financialtimes

— Demetri Sevastopulo (@Dimi) February 2, 2021

Amazon ordered to pay back $61.7m after pocketing delivery drivers’ tipshttps://t.co/3i2seZYdNP

— amin dada (@kambrone64) February 2, 2021

Amazonがギグワーカーへのチップから懐に入れてた大金を返すそうです。

Amazon Will Pay Gig Workers $61.7 Million for Stealing Tips - VICE https://t.co/YEIz4jCqfW

— yumiko sakuma @ 新刊Weの市民革命 (@yumikosakuma) February 2, 2021

Amazon Ordered to Pay Gig Workers $61.7 Million for Stealing Tips
Yes, the company worth $1 trillion was caught using driver tips to subsidize base pay (which is theft).@SenWarren? Go get em! ?https://t.co/yGYiWngPSa

— Shane ?‍☠️ 4️⃣6️⃣ ?? (@egheitasean) February 3, 2021

Going out with a splash! https://t.co/jvbnQVSdrG

— Wes Brown (@WeCanShootToo) February 2, 2021

Amazon will pay nearly $62 million over “outrageous” practice of pocketing driver tips https://t.co/AZRLRGKUiQ

— Vox (@voxdotcom) February 3, 2021

Amazon stealing tips?https://t.co/yMFKSi50kT

— Mark H (@MarkH98302968) February 2, 2021

Amazon will pay $61.7 million to delivery drivers after withholding tips https://t.co/FwPYQIiiOs

— Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan) February 3, 2021

Amazon will pay more than $61.7 million to delivery drivers after withholding their full tips. https://t.co/gVl1fSLXxA

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) February 3, 2021

Amazon will pay $61.7 million to delivery drivers after withholding tips https://t.co/gVl1fSLXxA

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) February 3, 2021