Amazon class action lawsuit overview:
- Who: A former Amazon delivery driver filed a class action lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc., Amazon.com Services LLC and Amazon Logistics Inc.
- Why: The plaintiff claims Amazon uses its control over delivery companies and a hidden no-poach practice to keep driver pay low.
- Where: The Amazon class action lawsuit was filed in New Jersey federal court.
- How to get help: If your employer failed to pay you properly, denied you overtime wages or misclassified you as an exempt employee or independent contractor, you may qualify to take legal action and seek compensation.
A new Amazon class action lawsuit claims the company keeps delivery driver pay low through its control over the businesses that employ them.
The plaintiff, a former Delivery Service Partner (DSP) driver from Washington state, claims Amazon orchestrated a wage suppression scheme affecting hundreds of thousands of drivers across the United States.
DSPs are separately owned companies that deliver Amazon packages. The plaintiff argues they depend on Amazon for routing software, branded vans and hiring approval. That leaves Amazon effectively the only buyer of DSP drivers’ labor, which the lawsuit calls monopsony power.
“A monopsonist can pay its suppliers (workers) less and subject them to worse conditions because they lack alternative buyers,” the Amazon class action lawsuit says.
The lawsuit cites Harvard Kennedy School research showing that Amazon delivery workers earn about $19 an hour compared with $35 for unionized UPS drivers. The plaintiff also claims drivers face AI camera surveillance and the threat of termination for minor infractions. He says delivery demands are so intense that drivers must urinate in water bottles.
The plaintiff wants to represent a nationwide class of all persons who worked as DSP drivers in the United States at any point from June 1, 2018, through the present. He also seeks a regional subclass and a Washington subclass.
The case follows a similar class action lawsuit filed in California federal court.
Amazon allegedly continued no-poach practices after removing written policy
The plaintiff claims Amazon once barred DSPs from making the first move to recruit drivers from other DSPs. He argues that if DSPs could compete for each other’s drivers, wages would rise and DSPs would demand higher pay from Amazon.
Amazon later removed the no-poach provision from its written policy. The plaintiff claims the practice continued anyway and that Amazon still tracks driver movement between DSPs.
According to the class action lawsuit, Amazon told U.S. senators in February 2024 that it does not require non-poaching agreements. At least 34 senators responded that the answer contradicted first-hand accounts from DSPs and drivers.
The plaintiff claims this wage suppression violates federal and Washington antitrust laws and the Washington Constitution. He demands a jury trial, seeking injunctive relief, a court-appointed corporate monitor and actual, punitive and treble damages for himself and all class members.
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The plaintiff is represented by Todd M. Schneider, Matthew S. Weiler, Raymond S. Levine and Braden R. Leach of Schneider Wallace Cottrell Kim LLP and Stanley O. King of Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins P.C.
The Amazon class action lawsuit is Case No. 2:26-cv-14176, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
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