Amazon Doesn't 'Employ' Drivers but Also Doesn't Want Them Unionising: Report
Amazon spent millions in 2022 on efforts to stop drivers unionising, according to a new report.
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Amazon spent millions in 2022 on efforts to stop drivers unionising, according to a new report.
Amazon spent $14.2 million total on anti-union consulting in 2022, filings with the Department of Labor show.
Amazon insists that it doesn’t employ drivers directly, as the company has a habit of hiring outside companies and so-called contractors to deliver its packages. But it looks like Amazon acknowledges that drivers are, indeed, its employees whenever these workers threaten to unionize, according to Vice, and the company continues to spend millions on anti-union efforts, which specifically refer to Amazon’s “drivers” in filings sent to the U.S. Department of Labor.
Amazon spent millions in 2022 on efforts to stop drivers unionizing, according to a new report.
RIVERSIDE, Calif. --The Teamsters’ organizing drive among Amazon drivers and other workers is speeding up in Southern California, with a second success there in the last two months and the third overall since February.