Members of the Teamsters union have voted to authorize strikes at three Amazon facilities, including the Staten Island warehouse that became the first to unionize in 2022. While Amazon claims its operations will not be affected, the union says it represents 7,000 Amazon workers nationwide. No strike deadline has been set.
Members of the Teamsters union have voted to authorize a strike at three Amazon facilities, including at the Staten Island, New York, warehouse which became the first location where employees voted to join a union in 2022. The retail giant said that its operations will not be affected by any of the union’s actions, even if it goes on strike. Although the Teamsters claim to represent 7,000 Amazon workers nationwide, that accounts for less than 1% of the company’s US workforce.
And even when the union won an election certified by the NLRB, as it did in Staten Island, Amazon has continued to fight, and refuses to recognize the union. Given Amazon’s massive profits, the union said the company should recognize it and negotiate. Amazon reported a net income of $39.2 billion in the first nine months of this year, more than double for the same period of 2023.
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