Amazon contract terminations led to ~492 DSP driver layoffs in Queens
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What we know
Location: Queens, New York, USA.
Department affected: Robotics Unit.
Based on news reporting.
Summary
The Teamsters filed a federal complaint alleging that Amazon’s termination of contracts with five Delivery Service Partners (DSPs) in Queens between 2023 and 2025 resulted in around 492 drivers being laid off without proper WARN Act notice. The complaint says three of the DSPs operated out of the DBK4 facility in Maspeth and that the maximum notice given in the five cases was 16 days, far short of New York’s 90-day requirement. Drivers wear Amazon uniforms and operate Amazon trucks but are technically employed by independent DSPs; the union asserts Amazon effectively induced mass layoffs by ending contracts with DSPs that rely on Amazon as their primary client. Amazon responded that DSPs are independent small businesses responsible for their own hiring and WARN compliance and that it helps connect impacted individuals with other DSPs when informed. The complaint seeks to hold Amazon accountable for allegedly causing the layoffs and violating workers’ rights to adequate notice or compensation.
Amazon.com, Inc. cut 492 jobs in NY affecting its Robotics Unit team as of July 20, 2026.
LayoffTalk has tracked 102 layoff events at Amazon.com, Inc. since January 2023, including 18,317 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 68 additional events known from news reporting.
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