Amazon Teamsters at Staten Island’s JFK8 warehouse are becoming a member of their brethren’s “historic strike” towards the retail large within the days main as much as Christmas.
When the clock strikes midnight Saturday morning, employees at Amazon’s largest union facility will crew up with a protest that features laborers at Amazon operations in Queens, Atlanta, San Francisco, southern California and suburban Chicago.
“It takes real courage to stand up to a corporate bully and Amazon Teamsters are doing just that,” Teamsters Normal President Sean M. O’Brien stated in an announcement concerning the rising protest.
The union accuses the $2 trillion firm of refusing to cut price with employees who voted to turn out to be Teamsters. Employees accuse Amazon of failing to fulfill a Sunday deadline by coming to the negotiating desk.
Employees at seven Amazon services walked off the job Thursday to carry out for higher compensation and safer working circumstances.
The union claims to signify 10,000 Amazon employees throughout 10 places. It’s not clear what number of of them are on the picket line or after they’ll return to work.
The Worldwide Brotherhood of Teamsters says it speaks for some Amazon drivers and warehouse employees. Teamsters comprise roughly 1% of Amazon’s complete workforce, in response to CNN. Amazon reportedly takes points with a few of these employees being categorized as staff.
Amazon stated Thursday it didn’t anticipate the Teamsters’ strike to influence vacation reward deliveries.
Amazon claims the protesters arriving at their websites are principally “outsiders — not Amazon employees or partners.” The corporate says the Teamsters union is creating an “inappropriate and dangerous” scenario for Amazon staff by saying in any other case.
Initially Printed: December 20, 2024 at 6:40 PM EST
