> compounded by the governor's COVID-19 vaccine mandate<p>The story provides no evidence for this claim. I can claim, with exactly as much evidence, that the driver shortages are caused by low wages and the federal requirement that bus drivers, like other drivers in federally-regulated industries, must be able to pass a drug screen which includes marijuana.<p>In fact: [Amazon] "is advising its delivery partners -- the mom and pops that operate the ubiquitous blue Amazon vans -- to prominently advertise that they don’t screen applicants for marijuana use, according to correspondence reviewed by Bloomberg and interviews with four business owners"[1]<p>Also see Drug Testing and the Driver Shortage <a href="https://www.truckinginfo.com/10147001/drug-testing-and-the-driver-shortage" rel="nofollow">https://www.truckinginfo.com/10147001/drug-testing-and-the-d...</a><p>1 <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-01/amazon-s-answer-to-delivery-driver-shortage-recruit-pot-smokers" rel="nofollow">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-01/amazon-s-...</a>