Amazon Must Negotiate With Teamsters, Labor Board Prosecutors Say

US labor board prosecutors are trying to compel Amazon.com Inc. to collectively bargain with its San Francisco warehouse workers, boosting the Teamsters union’s efforts to organize the e-retail giant.

In a complaint issued Monday, a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board alleged the company violated federal law by refusing to negotiate after employees at a San Francisco warehouse signed up with the Teamsters last fall. The complaint viewed by Bloomberg News seeks an order requiring the company to recognize and bargain in good faith with the union, potentially creating a new labor foothold at a company that has overcome most past organizing efforts.

In an emailed statement, Amazon said it looked forward to showing the case had no merit. “This complaint is predicated on a baseless legal theory which undermines employee rights, disregards decades of NLRB practice, and ignores Supreme Court precedent,” spokesperson Eileen Hards said. The NLRB declined to comment.