Overview
- New Jersey's attorney general filed a federal antitrust complaint in U.S. District Court in New Jersey that accuses Amazon of abusing market power over its network of Delivery Service Partners.
- The complaint alleges Amazon enforces rules that stop delivery workers from unionizing, bar contractors from hiring each other's drivers, and keep driver pay and conditions low.
- Prosecutors frame the case as a monopsony claim, arguing Amazon is the dominant buyer of driver services so small contractors cannot compete for labor by offering higher wages.
- Amazon has maintained in past statements that delivery partners run their own operations, and CNBC reported company representatives did not immediately respond to the New Jersey filing.
- The lawsuit joins other policy efforts, including a New York City proposal to require direct employment of DSPs, and could affect worker pay, delivery operations and local costs if courts or lawmakers impose remedies.