Amazon Delivery Drivers Sign Union Cards

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The e-commerce giant has been ruled a joint employer with its delivery service providers, and now workers are seeking to organize with the Teamsters.

by Luke Goldstein September 16, 2024

Several hundred Amazon drivers organizing with the Teamsters have reached the threshold for a union vote at Amazon’s DBK4 warehouse in Queens, New York.

A majority of drivers at three of the site’s Delivery Service Partner (DSP) contractors have now signed union authorization cards as of this morning. Amazon will now be forced to either recognize the union or contest the card count and officially hold an election.

The organizing drive in Queens directly follows a recent ruling from the National Labor Relations Board in August deeming Amazon a joint employer of its DSP contractors, with full legal responsibilities for the labor force.

“The NLRB made clear that Amazon has a legal obligation to bargain with its drivers and meet them at the negotiating table to improve wages, working conditions, safety standards, and everything in between,” said Sean O’Brien, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. “Hundreds of Amazon delivery drivers from Queens will now have the full backing of more than 1.3 million Teamsters nationwide.”
https://prospect.org/labor/2024-09-16-amazon-delivery-drivers-sign-union-cards/

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