Amazon hit with US labor board complaint over ’joint employment’ of drivers

Oct 2 – Amazon.com has been accused by a U.S. labor board of illegally refusing to bargain with a union representing drivers employed by a contractor, the agency announced on Wednesday.

The complaint from the National Labor Relations Board claims that Amazon is a so-called “joint employer” of drivers employed by the contractor, Battle Tested Strategies , and used a series of illegal tactics to discourage union activities at a facility in Palmdale, California.