The drivers work for Battle-Tested Strategies out of Amazon DAX-8 in Palmdale. Battle-Tested Strategies owns/leases all the delivery vans. Amazon doesn’t own Battle-Tested Strategies but is the actual contractor for Amazon.
Just over a year ago Battle-Tested Strategies recognized that their drivers are a part of the Teamster’s union. Then last summer Amazon essentially let go all of the union drivers.
The NRLB ruled that both Amazon and Battle-Tested Strategies are joint employers of those drivers. This means that not only can the Teamsters directly negotiate with Amazon for a binding bargaining agreement, then Amazon may be liable if they violated laws in regard to stuff like union busting and retaliation.
Here’s an article from last summer about what happened that kicked this off.
The drivers work for Battle-Tested Strategies out of Amazon DAX-8 in Palmdale. Battle-Tested Strategies owns/leases all the delivery vans. Amazon doesn’t own Battle-Tested Strategies but is the actual contractor for Amazon.
Just over a year ago Battle-Tested Strategies recognized that their drivers are a part of the Teamster’s union. Then last summer Amazon essentially let go all of the union drivers.
The NRLB ruled that both Amazon and Battle-Tested Strategies are joint employers of those drivers. This means that not only can the Teamsters directly negotiate with Amazon for a binding bargaining agreement, then Amazon may be liable if they violated laws in regard to stuff like union busting and retaliation.
Here’s an article from last summer about what happened that kicked this off.