--- title: "The Trump Labor Committee promotes reconciliation, and the Amazon contractor case sees a turnaround" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/282510720.md" description: "The U.S. federal government is reaching a settlement with Amazon regarding the delivery driver case to avoid a potentially landmark ruling. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) accused Amazon of violating driver rights, asserting that it is a \"joint employer\" and must be responsible for driver treatment. Amazon denies any wrongdoing and refuses to comply with the subpoena. Under the proposed settlement, Amazon will pay up to 84 workers two weeks' wages but does not admit to any misconduct. If approved, this settlement will resolve a significant case against Amazon" datetime: "2026-04-13T08:41:03.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/282510720.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/282510720.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/282510720.md) --- # The Trump Labor Committee promotes reconciliation, and the Amazon contractor case sees a turnaround According to the Zhitong Finance APP, the U.S. federal government is working to reach a settlement regarding a long-standing case involving Amazon.com (AMZN.US) and a group of delivery drivers, thereby avoiding a potentially landmark ruling that would recognize Amazon as the actual employer of certain workers it has long claimed are not employees. Since 2024, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has been suing Amazon, accusing it of violating the rights of a group of drivers. These drivers were employed by a former "delivery service partner" of the company—contractor Battle-Tested Strategies (BTS) based in Palmdale, California. In this case, the NLRB's general counsel argues that Amazon is a "joint employer" of these drivers, meaning Amazon has sufficient control over them and is therefore responsible for their treatment, as well as obligated to engage in collective bargaining after they joined the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The government alleges that Amazon's refusal to negotiate with the union is also unlawful. Last September, at the start of a hearing presided over by an NLRB judge in Los Angeles, the government argued that Amazon exerted "overwhelming control" over its subcontracted drivers, and that the contractors who paid the drivers' wages were "essentially created as dependent delivery companies under Amazon's direction and assistance." Amazon denies any wrongdoing and states that it refuses to comply with the government's subpoena regarding whether it is a joint employer, calling it a "fishing expedition" and accusing the labor board of pursuing the case with ulterior motives. The testimony phase of the hearing, originally scheduled to resume on April 13, is now on hold. Last Sunday, a lawyer for the NLRB's general counsel submitted a proposed settlement to the presiding judge to terminate the case. According to a copy of the settlement agreement seen, Amazon will pay up to two weeks' wages to a maximum of 84 workers employed by BTS, but does not admit to any wrongdoing and is not recognized as a joint employer. If the settlement proposal is approved, it will resolve one of the agency's most significant cases against Amazon. The case could have led to a ruling by an administrative law judge, an NLRB commissioner in Washington, and ultimately a federal appellate court judge, determining for the first time that Amazon is a joint employer of drivers from one of its delivery service partners. Currently, Amazon has contracts with thousands of such partners, managing hundreds of thousands of delivery workers. Amazon and the NLRB did not immediately comment last Sunday night. The agency's shift in position occurred after Donald Trump reshaped it. Trump appointed Kristofer Keri, a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, as the NLRB's general counsel; this law firm has clients that include Amazon. In January of this year, Keri took over as the NLRB's chief prosecutor, a position that holds broad power over which cases the agency investigates and how. In a February interview, Keri stated that since she had represented Amazon for the past year and Morgan Lewis did not represent Amazon in the Palmdale case, she did not need to recuse herself. 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