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The complaint from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) claims that Amazon is a so-called "joint employer" of drivers employed by the contractor, Battle Tested Strategies (BTS), and used a ...
Thousands of delivery drivers filed legal claims against Amazon on Tuesday, alleging the company’s classification of them as independent contractors instead of employees has led to unpaid wages ...
Among other complaints, the company took issue with how CBS News identified Amazon contractors—it said inspection reports sometimes list the wrong shipper—and how CBS News measured a carrier's ...
As customer reviews have become integral to Amazon marketing, reviews have been challenged on accuracy and ethical grounds. [356] In 2004, The New York Times [357] reported that a glitch in the Amazon Canada website revealed that a number of book reviews had been written by authors of their own books or of competing books. Amazon changed its ...
Amazon warehouse workers outside the National Labor Relations Board. Some warehouse workers of Amazon, the largest American e-commerce retailer with 750,000 employees, have organized for workplace improvements in light of the company's scrutinized labor practices and stance against unions. Worker actions have included work stoppages and have ...
The tension between Amazon and its delivery drivers boiled over again this week as members of the Teamsters union went on strike at Amazon facilities across New York, Illinois, Georgia and California.
The Federal Trade Commission's major swing at Amazon on Tuesday is part of a larger offensive targeting the company.
The new FTC complaint against Amazon makes a different argument: that Amazon breached multiple consumer protection laws and that the court should issue an injunction to block its practices.