Workers at four Amazon warehouses in Southern California are on strike less than a week before Christmas.
The workers went on strike early Thursday morning, claiming Amazon refuses to recognize their union and negotiate fair contracts. Union officials proclaimed it"the largest strike against Amazon in U.S. history.”across the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico
“The corporate elitists who run Amazon are leaving workers with no choice,” Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien said in a statement. “Greedy executives are pushing thousands of hardworking Americans to the brink. Amazon rakes in more money than anybody, they subject workers to injury and abuse at every turn, and they illegally claim not to be the rightful employer of nearly half their workforce.
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