Amazon is ‘joint employer’ of some delivery drivers, NLRB says

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is ‘****** employer’ of some delivery drivers, NLRB says

A group of

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delivery drivers hold a labor strike at the DAX7

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Sortation Center in South Gate. The police became involved due to the hold up of

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vehicles. 

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should be considered a “****** employer” of some of its contracted delivery drivers, a regional director for the National Labor Relations Board said Wednesday.

The NLRB was reviewing two unfair labor practice charges filed in January, concerning

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’s treatment of some drivers at an Atlanta warehouse, known as DAT6. While

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has long hired third-party drivers to handle its swelling number of deliveries, the NLRB’s regional director found that

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jointly employed drivers at the site who worked for a contractor called MJB Logistics.

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has fought to avoid being designated as a ****** employer of its sprawling network of contracted delivery companies. Lawmakers and labor groups, including the Teamsters union, have disputed the company’s characterization, saying drivers wear

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-branded uniforms, drive

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-branded vans and have their schedules and performance expectations set by the company.

The NLRB’s determination could compel

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to bargain with employees seeking to unionize. The announcement comes after an NLRB official

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, finding that

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is a ****** employer of some subcontracted drivers at its facility in Palmdale, California.

Over the past year, the Teamsters has stepped up its efforts to organize

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delivery and warehouse workers. The union launched an

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division in 2021 to support and fund workers at the company in their organizing efforts. Since then, it’s led a number of strikes at

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delivery facilities, while a labor group at an

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warehouse on New York’s Staten Island opted to affiliate with the Teamsters in June.

In April 2023, drivers who worked for Battle Tested Strategies said their contract was canceled by

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after they voted to unionize with the Teamsters.

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denied the claim, saying it ended the contract prior to the union push.

In its determination Wednesday, the NLRB also found merit to charges that

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threatened drivers in Atlanta with closing their site if they unionized, illegally made coercive statements and gave the impression of surveillance at the facility.

The NLRB’s determinations in Atlanta and Palmdale aren’t board decisions, Kayla Blado, a spokesperson for the group, said in an email. Rather, they’re the first step in the agency’s general counsel litigating the allegations ***** out in an unfair labor practice charge. If the parties don’t settle, a hearing will be scheduled with an NLRB judge. Either party can appeal that judge’s decision to the NLRB board, and it can be further appealed in federal court.

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didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

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