Drivers working through a contractor for Amazon.com Inc. went on strike Thursday, calling on the retail giant to address allegedly unsafe working conditions and come to the bargaining table.
The labor action by a union of drivers and dispatchers in Palmdale, Calif. was announced Friday by a campaign associated with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which said the strike was the first by drivers for Amazon in the US.
In April, 84 delivery drivers and dispatchers, who work as employees of a third-party contractor Battle-Tested Strategies, unionized with Teamsters Local 396 in Los Angeles.
Their status as employees of the ...
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