Four former delivery drivers for Amazon Prime Now, or APN, last week filed a lawsuit against Amazon, arguing they should have been classified as employees rather than independent contractors.

The complaint also names Scoobeez, the courier service through which the four worked for Amazon; ABT Holdings, Scoobeez's parent company; and 10 John Does as codefendants.

Attorneys from Leonard Carder filed the suit in California Superior Court in Los Angeles County.

They are seeking class-action status because the litigation "challenges an unlawful employment practice that applies to the entirety of the APN delivery driver workforce," said Beth Ross, one of the attorneys.

"The drivers are all treated the same, making adjudication of their employment rights in a single action appropriate," she told the E-Commerce Times.

Amazon and ABT did not respond to our request to comment for this story.

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