Amazon has intensified its efforts against the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), arguing that the agency’s current administrative structure infringes on due process rights by restricting disputes to hearings before administrative law judges. The suit, filed last Thursday in a federal court in San Antonio, Texas, contends that this structure inadequately safeguards board members and judges from presidential removal, labelling it a “constitutional infirmity.” Amber Rogers and Kurt Larkin of Hunton Andrews Kurth filed the 22-page complaint on behalf of Amazon.
The primary catalyst for this legal action originates from an administrative injunction filed by the NLRB in March 2022, shortly before a pivotal unionization vote by workers at a Staten Island warehouse. For further details, you can read the original article here.