Enlarge (credit: Jaroslaw Kilian | iStock Editorial / Getty Images Plus) Amazon may be forced to meet some unionized delivery drivers at the bargaining table after a regional National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) director determined Thursday that Amazon is a joint employer of contractors hired to ensure the e-commerce giant delivers its packages when promised. This seems like a potentially big loss for Amazon, which had long argued that delivery service partners (DSPs) exclusively employed the delivery drivers, not Amazon.

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  • Hundreds of Amazon delivery drivers in New York join Teamsters union
    Drivers at the facility, known as DBK4, have called for consistent schedules, properly maintained delivery trucks and reasonable workloads, the union said.
    09/16/2024 - 4:05 am | View Link
  • Amazon hikes wages for contract delivery drivers as union pressures grow
    The wage increase is part of Amazon’s $2.1 billion investment this year into its delivery service partner program.
    09/12/2024 - 10:14 am | View Link
  • Amazon Declared 'Joint Employer' Of Contracted Delivery Drivers By Labor Board, Paving The Way For Union Negotiations
    The National Labor Relations Board has determined that Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) is a “joint employer” of some contracted delivery drivers. What Happened: The NLRB’s regional director reviewed two ...
    09/4/2024 - 8:48 pm | View Link
  • Labor board confirms Amazon drivers are employees, in finding hailed by union
    Amazon may be forced to meet some unionized delivery drivers at the bargaining table after a regional National Labor Relations Board (NLRB ... "all unionized employees." The NLRB found that ...
    08/22/2024 - 11:28 pm | View Link
  • Labor board confirms Amazon drivers are employees, in finding hailed by union
    Could not happened to a nicer company.Just kidding - Amazon ... hope the drivers will unionize and improve their working conditions. Obamacare mandates that any employer with over 50 employees ...
    08/22/2024 - 12:59 pm | View Link
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