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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 ...
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 ...
Thomas Hickman, 34, a delivery driver for Amazon in Georgia, told CNN that workdays can be grueling, often taking 12 hours to deliver hundreds of packages with limited breaks. “The pay needs to ...
The Amazon Labor Union (ALU) is a labor union specifically for Amazon workers, created on April 20, 2021. [1] On April 1, 2022, the Amazon workers at a warehouse in Staten Island, JFK8, backed by the ALU became the first unionized Amazon workers recognized by the National Labor Relations Board. [2] In June 2024 the union became affiliated with ...
Amazon tried to resist the process and in February 2024 the union filed a complaint against Amazon at the Tribunal du travail du Québec. The arbitrator found Amazon at fault in their methods. [ 52 ] In April 2024, a union under the Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN) submitted accreditation request to represent the employees of the ...
On November 28–29, 2021, two workers allegedly died within hours of one another. The first employee suffered a stroke on the site in a trailer shortly after his request; his body was discovered 20 minutes later. The second worker was found in a bathroom of the warehouse and transported to a hospital where they were pronounced dead.
Amazon is investing $2.1 billion to boost delivery drivers' pay. The investment will raise drivers' pay to nearly $22 per hour, a 7% increase on average from last year. Amazon has been facing ...
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