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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.
— Steve Canon (@stephentyrone) February 2, 2021
* Legal question: what’s the ideal corporate structure for a gang of thieves? https://t.co/QW0IjZ9bLj
BREAKING: AMAZON STOLE TIPS FROM ITS DRIVERS
— Adam Smith (@adamndsmith) 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”https://t.co/wzZrgm0yhQ
In 2015, @Amazon promised to pay drivers $18—$25/hour + tips.
— Alex Howard (@digiphile) February 2, 2021
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
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”
— Sarah Kessler (@SarahFKessler) February 2, 2021
Amazon will pay the FTC $61.7 million over charges that it withheld customer tips from Amazon Flex drivershttps://t.co/L7RTnWTBpG
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.
— Congressman Ken Buck (@RepKenBuck) February 2, 2021
Amazon has crushed small businesses and stolen intellectual property from startups.
We must do more to curb their anticompetitive behavior. https://t.co/wTdL9ccN6d
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.
— Lauren Kaori Gurley (@LaurenKGurley) February 2, 2021
The level of deception Amazon used in this case of wage theft is horrifying https://t.co/tHmprm9FVZ
When billionaires steal from workers their punishment if caught is to give the money back and promise not to do it again.
— Tacoma Mike? (@mgb5000) February 2, 2021
Why aren't Amazon execs in prison for this?https://t.co/0Wtz4TU0k8
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.
— Gig Workers Rising (@GigWorkersRise) February 2, 2021
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
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.
— lorena cupcake they/them (@lorenacupcake) February 2, 2021
Without oversight, companies will literally STEAL THE TIP to continue underpaying workers https://t.co/1MlfDcPx7H
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.
— Steven Kleinman (@SMKleinman) February 2, 2021
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
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.
— Vox (@voxdotcom) February 2, 2021
It's an important milestone in the long battle to halt abuses of gig workers: https://t.co/ClWQ4idI50
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.
— 350 Seattle (@350_Seattle) February 2, 2021
How greedy do you have to be to rip off your own contractors? https://t.co/yjd7gyOHWS via @voxdotcom
Amazon has unveiled a flashy 90-second Super Bowl ad starring Michael B. Jordan. The airtime will cost them millions.
— Raven Book Store #SaveTheUSPS ✉️ (@ravenbookstore) February 2, 2021
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
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
— Ken Armstrong (@bykenarmstrong) February 2, 2021
It's yet another example of how independent contractors can be exploited by big biz. See, from @propublica: https://t.co/nQLlALPtmj
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.
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) February 2, 2021
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
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
— Margot Roosevelt (@margotroosevelt) February 2, 2021
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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。
— yumiko sakuma @ 新刊Weの市民革命 (@yumikosakuma) February 2, 2021
Amazon Will Pay Gig Workers $61.7 Million for Stealing Tips - VICE https://t.co/YEIz4jCqfW
Amazon Ordered to Pay Gig Workers $61.7 Million for Stealing Tips
— Shane ?☠️ 4️⃣6️⃣ ?? (@egheitasean) February 3, 2021
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
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