New Jersey sues Amazon alleging poor pay and conditions for drivers​

Amazon used its dominance to impose low pay and poor conditions on thousands of New Jersey workers who deliver for the company via its ​Delivery Service Partner program, the state alleged in the lawsuit filed in federal ​court in Newark, New Jersey.

Kelly, ​the Amazon spokesperson, said ​Davenport's office had ⁠not raised its main claims to the company before filing the lawsuit and that the allegations about the program and driver ​working conditions are "just wrong.

Attorney General Jennifer Davenport's office said ​it was the first lawsuit in which a state has accused a company ​of illegal conduct to protect a monopsony, a market structure where one buyer controls the market.