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Amazon workers in New York identified a Delivery time for Sunday, December 15, demanding that the company agree to begin negotiating its first union contract with the union or else workers at the warehouse, along with other Amazon workers across the US, will do so. It starts Strike against unfair labor practices.

Amazon workers at the JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island, New York, made history in March 2022 when they became the first warehouse at the retail giant to win a union election in the United States.

The strike will be Amazon’s first large-scale unfair labor practice strike in the United States.

Since the union’s victory, Amazon has yet to begin negotiating its first contract with the union after filing objections to the election, which were veto By the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Amazon has also accused NLRB officials of bias and has done so challenge Constitutionality of the National Labor Relations Board.

“Teamsters are done demanding that Amazon stop breaking the law. Amazon must commit to coming to the table and negotiating a Teamsters contract with its workers — or face the consequences of its inaction,” Sean O’Brien, Teamsters general president, said in a statement. advertisement Demand and threat of strike

Amazon Labor Union – International Brotherhood of Truckers Local 1 (ALU-IBT Local 1), represents workers in JFK8.

“What’s happening on Staten Island has an impact on Amazon workers across the country. Amazon’s steadfast refusal to come to the negotiating table sends a message that employers can flout their legal obligations under the National Labor Relations Act with impunity,” the union said in a statement. Petition He called on Amazon to come to the negotiating table. “While Amazon continues to engage in illegal actions against ALU-IBT Local 1 workers, the company is also seeking to overturn the National Labor Relations Board — further demonstrating its blatant disregard for the law and the working class.”

The Teamsters have been organizing Amazon workers across the US for more than a year, including delivery drivers AtlantaGeorgia, and illinoisand Several delivery driver locations in california, Amazon DBK4 warehouse in Queens, New York, Amazon Air Center KCVG In Kentucky, more than 1,000 workers recently demanded union recognition from Amazon at the company’s KSBD air hub in Southern California.

“Amazon workers across the country are organizing with truck drivers because we are fed up. The disrespect we face every day from management while working long hours and doing grueling labor is… “Disgrace.” “I’ve worked at Amazon for three years, and it’s time to make some changes at this company. That starts with a union and a voice on the job for workers like me.

“For more than a year, the truck drivers have continued to intentionally mislead the public — claiming they represent ‘thousands of Amazon employees and drivers.’ They don’t, and this is another attempt to push a false narrative,” Amazon spokeswoman Eileen Hards said in a statement about the strike and bargaining demands. The truth is that the Teamsters threatened, intimidated, and attempted to force Amazon employees and third-party drivers to join them, which is illegal and subject to several pending unfair labor practices charges.

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