Amazon fires 150 unionized third-party drivers, Teamsters says | Amazon
According to Teamsters Union, Amazon fired more than 150 unionized drivers working for a third -party contractor in New York Queens.
Employee recovered The company at the DBK4 facility on Monday after firing the drivers working for Cornucopia, a delivery service provider (DSP), signed by Amazon to deliver a contract (DSP). Amazon works with more than 3,000 DSP worldwide, which delivers the company’s packages.
Teamsters said the fires were in retaliation for unionization.
“Amazon chews the law and makes the people know, Antonio, Antonio Rosario and a Teamster organizer, Antonio Rosario and a Teamster organizer. “Amazon will continue to organize and fight for what they deserve.”
Amazon claimed that the drivers employed by third -party contractors for a long time are not the employees of the company, and that expelling a contractor did not mean retaliation of unionization.
In a statement, an Amazon spokesman Eileen Hards called it a recent change designed to allow DSPs to be more applied with their teams and support their operations at a delivery station ”.
Hards said, ız Our aim is to provide fast delivery and excellent service to customers – and we regularly review and make changes in the DSP program to support it, ”he said.
Last August, a National Labor Relations Board official in Los Angeles decided that Amazon was in unfair labor applications after terminating the war -tested strategies (BTS), which was another DSP in California, Palmdale, Palmdale, who unionized with his drivers Teamsters.
Although NLRB said that Amazon’s action does not mean retaliation, the authorized Amazon and the BTS said that they had illegally failed illegally and refused to negotiate with the union on the effects of the decision to terminate the BTS agreement ”.
Inside decisionNLRB saw Amazon as a common employer of drivers. Amazon objected to the decision.
During the weeks leaving Christmas, Teamsters held a strike on eight facilities between Amazon warehouse workers, saying that the company had stopped contract negotiations for better payment and working conditions.
Last September, Amazon joined companies including SpaceX companies that argue that the structure of NLRB was contrary to the constitution because the board members cannot be removed by the President. Although no decision was made on the case, the Supreme Court continued to expel NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox, despite the fact that Donald Trump was blocked by a sub -court.
Since Wilcox’s position is not filled, there is no inadequacy to dominate the labor disputes of the Workers’ Board, that is, it cannot decide on major business disputes.
