If you still need to do some last minute online holiday shopping watch out – about 100 Atlanta-area drivers who make deliveries for Amazon have joined up with a local Teamsters union chapter to strike in demand of a contract. The showdown stems from Amazon claiming the drivers as independent contractors, while the drivers want to be recognized as full employees (and get the benefits therein). The labor dispute, based out of an Alpharetta shipping facility, has holiday customers DRIFTING…
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