“Motherboard reviewed five reports filed to the Department of Labor, which showed that Amazon spent more than $14.2 million total on anti-union consulting in 2022.”
Two of Amazon’s consultants named “drivers” as the target and the Teamsters as the union. Amazon insists those drivers work for third-party delivery partners. When drivers at one Palmdale contractor unionized, Amazon refused to bargain and cut the contractor for “poor performance.” Nobody pays $160,595 to stop workers they don’t employ from organizing.