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NLRB says Amazon is a joint employer of some 3rd-party delivery drivers in California

The two sides have been in disagreement about whether Amazon bears legal responsibility to its delivery drivers, who are technically employed by third-party companies but deliver Amazon packages.

toggle caption Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images The Teamsters union is celebrating after the National Labor Relations Board determined that Amazon is a joint employer of subcontracted drivers who delivered the company's packages out of Palmdale, Calif. “Amazon can no longer dodge responsibility for our low wages and dangerous working conditions, and it cannot continue to get away with committing unfair labor practices. But the NLRB office said it did not find merit to all allegations against Amazon, including the claim that the company's decision to end its contract with BTS was a retaliatory move, according to AP.

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