A federal labor regulator has classified Amazon Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) delivery drivers as employees, potentially increasing the company's responsibility for working conditions within its logistics network.
What Happened: On Thursday, a regional National Labor Relations Board or NLRB director said that Amazon is a joint employer of some of its contractor delivery drivers, according to a press release shared by the Teamsters union.
This decision could compel Amazon to negotiate with the union.
Amazon has previously argued that it is not accountable for alleged union-busting or required to negotiate with driver unions, as the drivers work for third-party contractors known as Delivery Service Partners (DSPs).
However, the NLRB's decision contradicts Amazon's stance, citing the company's failure to negotiate in good faith after delivery drivers in Palmdale, California, voted to unionize in 2023.
The NLRB also found that Amazon had unlawfully targeted drivers in Palmdale with termination threats and held illegal captive audience meetings.
"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," stated Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien.
However, Amazon disputed the union's interpretation of the situation.
"The regional office has indicated that it thinks some of the remaining allegations should be decided by an administrative law judge," said Amazon spokesperson Eileen Hards in an email statement to The Washington Post. "As we have said all along, there is no merit to the Teamsters' claims."
Why It Matters: Earlier this month, during Amazon's second-quarter earnings call, the e-commerce giant CEO Andy Jassy noted that this quarter their "speed of delivery for Prime customers has been faster than ever before."
Amazon reported second-quarter net sales of $148 billion, reflecting a 10% year-over-year increase. However, this figure fell short of the Street consensus estimate of $148.56 billion, according to data from Benzinga Pro.
The e-commerce giant's ambitious plan to deploy 100,000 electric delivery vans by 2030 is lagging also behind, with only about 19,000 vans deployed as of 2023. The company is also in a race with Walmart to be the first to conquer the skies with drone delivery.
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一家聯邦勞工監管機構已將亞馬遜公司(納斯達克:AMZN)的送貨司機歸類爲僱員,潛在地增加了公司對其物流網絡內工作條件的責任。
事件經過:週四,一位區域國家勞工關係委員會(NLRB)董事表示,亞馬遜是部分承包送貨司機的聯合僱主,據國際傳輸工會(Teamsters union)發佈的新聞稿。
這一決定可能迫使亞馬遜與工會協商。
亞馬遜此前曾辯稱,公司不負責所謂的破壞工會活動或與司機工會協商的義務,因爲這些司機是第三方承包商所屬的送貨服務合作伙伴(DSPs)。
然而,NLRB的決定與亞馬遜的立場相矛盾,援引了該公司未能按善意協商後佔領加利福尼亞州帕爾梅代爾的送貨司機投票於2023年加入工會。
NLRB還發現,亞馬遜非法地對帕爾梅代爾的司機進行解僱威脅,並舉行非法的封閉觀衆會議。
「亞馬遜的司機已經抓住了自己的未來,並取得了一項重大裁定,明確指出亞馬遜有法律義務就他們的工作條件與司機進行協商,」國際傳輸工會總裁西恩·M·奧布萊恩(Sean M. O'Brien)表示。
然而,亞馬遜對工會對事態的解釋提出異議。
亞馬遜發言人Eileen Hards在一封電子郵件聲明中告訴《華盛頓郵報》:「區域辦事處表示,他認爲剩餘的一些指控應該由行政法官來決定。正如我們一直所說的,工會的主張毫無根據。」
爲什麼重要:本月早些時候,在亞馬遜第二季度業績會上,這家電子商務巨頭的首席執行官安迪·賈西指出,本季度他們Prime會員的交付速度比以往任何時候都更快。
亞馬遜報告第二季度淨銷售額1480億美元,同比增長10%。然而,這一數字低於彭博專業版數據顯示的1485.6億美元的街頭共識估計。
這家電子商務巨頭雄心勃勃的計劃到2030年部署10萬輛電動貨車也在落後,截至2023年只部署了約1.9萬輛貨車。該公司還在與沃爾瑪展開競賽,爭取成爲首家通過無人機實現空中快遞的公司。
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