Amazon Accused of Suppressing Delivery Driver Wages with Monopsony Scheme

A former Amazon delivery driver has filed a class action lawsuit against Amazon, accusing the company of orchestrating a scheme to suppress wages for its delivery drivers across the United States.

The plaintiff claims that Amazon's Delivery Service Partners (DSP) are horizontally oriented companies that provide delivery services for Amazon, allowing the company to pay its drivers less than similarly situated workers due to its 'outsized market power in labor markets by virtue of its need to deliver a virtually endless supply of household goods.'

The lawsuit claims that Amazon's practices force its drivers to endure grueling and often inhumane working conditions to earn 'bottom of the barrel' pay, with some drivers even urinating in water bottles to satisfy delivery requirements.

The plaintiff is seeking a nationwide class encompassing all individuals who worked as Amazon DSP drivers in the United States at any point from June 1, 2018, through the present, along with several regional subclasses.