Beyond the usual labor complaints about wages and benefits, however, is that Amazon disputes that they’re Amazon employees at all, despite wearing Amazon vests, driving Amazon vans, and exclusively delivering Amazon packages. At the locations on strike and set to strike Thursday, the union claims to represent drivers who work for an Amazon contractor. Daniel Cole/ReutersBrooks and Cianciotto mocked the idea that they’re not Amazon employees, even though their immediate employer is a third-party contractor. An election certified, an election deniedBut it’s not just drivers working for independent contractors which Amazon refuses to recognize as Teamsters members. Daniel Cole/ReutersAn upstart union, the Amazon Labor Union won such a vote at Amazon’s Staten Island facility in April 2022.

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