Amazon joins companies arguing US labour board is unconstitutional
Amazon has joined rocket maker SpaceX and grocery chain Trader Joe's in claiming that a US labour agency's in-house enforcement proceedings violate the US Constitution, as the retail giant faces scores of cases claiming it interfered with workers' rights to organize.
Amazon in a filing made with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Thursday said it plans to argue that the agency's unique structure violates the company's right to a jury trial.
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The filing came in a pending case accusing Amazon of illegally retaliating against workers at a warehouse in the New York City borough of Staten Island, where employees voted to unionize in 2022. Amazon, which has faced more than 250 NLRB complaints alleging unlawful labour practices across the country in recent years, has denied wrongdoing.
SpaceX is making similar claims against the board in a lawsuit filed last month, one day after the labour board accused the company of firing eight engineers for criticising CEO Elon Musk in a letter to company executives.
Trader Joe's raised the arguments later in
