Annie Palmer at CNBC reports Amazon is bumping its average national pay For Contracted Delivery Drivers to roughly $22 an hour, up from $20.50 an hour.  The wage increase is part of Amazon’s $2.1 billion investment this year into its Delivery Service Partner Program, which are the legions of contracted firms that handle last-mile delivery of packages from the company’s warehouses to shoppers’ doorsteps.  Amazon’s announcement comes as it faces a renewed Unionization effort among its Contracted Delivery Workers.  The Teamsters Union has led several Strikes at Amazon Delivery Facilities in the past year, and it has made organizing Amazon Employees a key focus after launching a division dedicated to the On-Line Retail Giant.

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