"Amazon has fired more than 150 unionized drivers working for a third-party contractor in Queens, New York, according to the Teamsters union. Workers rallied at the company's DBK4 facility in Queens on Monday after the company fired the drivers, who worked for Cornucopia, a delivery service provider (DSP) that Amazon contracted with to make deliveries. Amazon works with more than 3,000 DSPs around the world who deliver the company's packages."
"In a statement, an Amazon spokesperson, Eileen Hards, called the move a recent change we made that's designed to allow DSPs to be more hands-on with their teams and support their operations at one delivery station. Our goal is to provide customers with fast delivery and great service and we regularly review and make changes to the DSP program in support of this, Hards said."
"Last August, a National Labor Relations Board official in Los Angeles ruled that Amazon had engaged in unfair labor practices after it terminated its contract with Battle-Tested Strategies (BTS), another DSP based in Palmdale, California, whose drivers had unionized with the Teamsters. Although the NLRB said that Amazon's action did not amount to retaliation, the official said Amazon and BTS unlawfully failed and refused to bargain with the union over effects of the decision to terminate the BTS contract."
More than 150 unionized drivers working for Cornucopia, a delivery service provider contracted by Amazon, were fired at the DBK4 facility in Queens. Workers rallied following the firings, and the Teamsters called the dismissals retaliation for unionizing. Amazon said the change was intended to allow DSPs to be more hands-on with teams and to support operations at a single delivery station, saying its goal is fast delivery and great service. The NLRB in Los Angeles ruled last August that Amazon engaged in unfair labor practices after terminating a contract with Battle-Tested Strategies, found Amazon and BTS unlawfully failed to bargain over effects, and deemed Amazon a joint employer; Amazon has appealed.
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