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New Jersey AG files antitrust lawsuit alleging monopsony wage suppression and anti-union practices.
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Amazon.com IncNew Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Amazon on Tuesday, alleging the company uses its dominance over its delivery contractor network to suppress driver wages and prevent workers from organizing. The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, centers on Amazon's Delivery Service Partner program and accuses Amazon of holding a monopsony over the market for delivery driver services. Davenport alleges that delivery contractors rely so heavily on Amazon that they lack leverage to attract drivers with better pay or improved working conditions, and that Amazon bars contractors from poaching one another's drivers, stifling wage competition. The lawsuit also contends Amazon moved to suppress organizing efforts by ending or threatening to end contracts with DSPs whose employees sought to unionize, citing events at an Amazon delivery station in Queens, New York. Davenport is seeking treble damages, a court order barring the alleged anticompetitive practices, and preliminary injunctive relief to prevent Amazon from terminating additional delivery contractors during the litigation.
Amazon.com IncNew Jersey AG files antitrust lawsuit alleging monopsony wage suppression and anti-union practices.