45% of Amazon Japan delivery drivers involved in accident: survey

Around 45 percent of self-employed delivery drivers working for the Japanese unit of Amazon.com Inc. said they had been involved in a traffic accident while on the job, a recent survey conducted by a labor union has shown.The survey was organized by the General Support Union, which set up a division exclusively for self-employed Amazon drivers in January to negotiate higher wages and establish an appropriate limit on the number of deliveries assigned.In the survey, carried out from January to Dec. 1, 71 out of 160 respondents said they had experienced some sort of traffic accident while mak…READ FULL ARTICLE