Thousands of Amazon workers represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters are striking at seven facilities across the US, marking the largest strike against the company in its history. The union is demanding a labor agreement before a crucial holiday shopping period, accusing Amazon of ignoring their contract negotiation deadline.
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters says workers at seven Amazon facilities will begin a strike Thursday morning in an effort by the union to pressure the e-commerce giant for a labor agreement during a key shopping period. The Teamsters say the workers, who authorized walkouts in the past few days, are joining the picket line after Amazon ignored a Dec. 15 deadline the union set for contract negotiations.
Amazon says it doesn't expect any impact on its operations during what the union calls the largest strike against the company in U.S. history. The Teamsters say they represent nearly 10,000 workers at 10 Amazon facilities, a small portion of the 1.5 million people Amazon employs in its warehouses and corporate offices.Amazon is ranked No. 2 on the Fortune 500 list of the nation's largest companies.At a warehouse in the New York City borough of Staten Island, thousands of workers who voted for the Amazon Labor Union in 2022 and have since affiliated with the Teamsters. At the other facilities, employees - including many delivery drivers - have unionized with them by demonstrating majority support but without holding government-administered elections. The strikes happening Thursday are taking place at an Amazon warehouse in San Francisco and six delivery stations in southern California, New York City, Atlanta and the Chicago suburb of Skokie, Illinois, according to the union's announcement. Amazon workers at the other facilities are 'prepared to join' them, the union said. 'Amazon is pushing its workers closer to the picket line by failing to show them the respect they have earned,' Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien said in a statement.'If your package is delayed during the holidays, you can blame Amazon's insatiable greed. We gave Amazon a clear deadline to come to the table and do right by our members. They ignored it,' he sai
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