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Amazon Teamsters Win Monumental NLRB Ruling: Amazon Drivers are Amazon Workers!
Amazon delivery drivers represented by Teamsters Local 396 in Palmdale, Calif., won a groundbreaking decision that sets the stage for Amazon delivery drivers across the country to organize with the Teamsters. After more than a year-long investigation, National Labor Relations Board Region 31 (NLRB) found that Amazon is a joint employer of its Delivery Service Partner (DSP) drivers, and therefore has a legal duty to recognize and bargain with the Teamsters Union.
Amazon began hiring DSP drivers in 2018 with the launch of its DSP program, quickly becoming one of the country’s largest delivery companies. Amazon has avoided responsibility for its drivers through its DSP subcontractor business model, claiming DSP drivers are not official employees of Amazon. The NLRB’s joint employer determination shatters that myth and makes clear that through its DSP business model, Amazon exercises widespread control over drivers’ labor and working conditions, making Amazon the drivers’ employer.
The Teamsters are confident the NLRB’s regional determination for the Palmdale workers will extend to Amazon DSP drivers who unionize nationwide. There are nearly 280,000 DSP drivers across the country and the Teamsters are organizing nationwide so every Amazon driver can have a fighting union in their corner with the Teamsters.
The battle to organize Amazon is labor’s great challenge of the 21st century — and it’s a fight the Teamsters will win.
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Amazon delivery drivers represented by Teamsters Local 396 in Palmdale, Calif., won a groundbreaking decision that sets the stage for Amazon delivery drivers across the country to organize with the Teamsters. After more than a year-long investigation, National Labor Relations Board Region 31 (NLRB) found that Amazon is a joint employer of its Delivery Service Partner (DSP) drivers, and therefore has a legal duty to recognize and bargain with the Teamsters Union.
Amazon began hiring DSP drivers in 2018 with the launch of its DSP program, quickly becoming one of the country’s largest delivery companies. Amazon has avoided responsibility for its drivers through its DSP subcontractor business model, claiming DSP drivers are not official employees of Amazon. The NLRB’s joint employer determination shatters that myth and makes clear that through its DSP business model, Amazon exercises widespread control over drivers’ labor and working conditions, making Amazon the drivers’ employer.
The Teamsters are confident the NLRB’s regional determination for the Palmdale workers will extend to Amazon DSP drivers who unionize nationwide. There are nearly 280,000 DSP drivers across the country and the Teamsters are organizing nationwide so every Amazon driver can have a fighting union in their corner with the Teamsters.
The battle to organize Amazon is labor’s great challenge of the 21st century — and it’s a fight the Teamsters will win.
More...