Delivery drivers at third-party company in Palmdale are Amazon employees, NLRB finds

Johnathon Ervin, owner of Battle-Tested Strategies, a logistics company that delivered Amazon products, inspects a vehicle at Amazon’s Palmdale facility in May 2023. Workers at a company that delivered packages for Amazon are considered employees of the e-commerce giant, the National Labor Relations Board said Thursday, rejecting Amazon’s claim that it is not responsible for the subcontractor’s staff. “Amazon drivers have taken their future into their own hands and won a monumental determination that makes clear Amazon has a legal obligation to bargain with its drivers over their working conditions,” Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien said in a statement Thursday. Amazon spokesperson Eileen Hards said the NLRB had dismissed “most of the Teamsters’ more significant claims.” “As they have been for over 15 months, the Teamsters continue to misrepresent what is happening here,” Hards said. In a statement released by the union, Jessie Moreno, a driver in Palmdale, said: “Amazon can no longer dodge responsibility for our low wages and dangerous working conditions, and it cannot continue to get away with committing unfair labor practices.” “We are uniting Amazon workers across the country like never before,” Moreno said.