Early Thursday morning, workers at seven Amazon facilities across the United States went on strike.
The walk-off took place during peak holiday shopping season and a few days before Christmas, and was aimed at drawing Amazon into contract negotiations with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. However, the company does not allow employees to join a labor union.
“The Teamsters actively attempted to intimidate and intimidate Amazon employees and third-party drivers into coercing their participation.”
The union claims to represent approximately 10,000 workers at the company's 10 facilities. Employees at seven facilities have left, including three locations in Illinois, Georgia, New York and California.
Employees at other Amazon locations are also prepared to join the strike. fox business Reported.
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters called it the “biggest” strike against Amazon and warned it could cause shipping delays for customers.
Union general chairman Sean O'Brien said: said “If your package gets delayed while you're on vacation, you can blame Amazon's insatiable greed,” he wrote Wednesday evening.
“We gave Amazon a clear deadline to come to the table and do right by our members, and they ignored it. This strike is on them,” he added. Ta.
The union has given Amazon a deadline of Dec. 15 to begin negotiations.
Reuters Amazon reported that it is unlikely to begin talks due to concerns that it would lead to further action by unions.
The company is not concerned that the walk-off will affect delivery times during the holiday period. The union represents about 1% of Amazon's employees.
“For more than a year, the Teamsters have claimed they represent 'thousands of Amazon employees and drivers,'” Amazon spokeswoman Kelly Nantel told Fox Business. “We have continued to intentionally mislead the public,” he said. They are not, and this is yet another attempt to push a false narrative. ”
“The truth is that the Teamsters were actively trying to intimidate, intimidate, and coerce Amazon employees and third-party drivers into participating, which is illegal and requires multiple is the subject of pending unfair labor practice charges,” she added.
Teamsters spokeswoman Kara Deniz responded to Amazon's statement, claiming that the company is “gaslighting the American people with a false narrative.”
“The truth is that over 20 bargaining units representing approximately 9,000 employees have successfully organized because the company has exploited and abused its workers for years, and these workers are fed up. “We are fighting back,” Deniz said.
“No matter how big Amazon's corporate PR machine is, it cannot fool the American public into thinking that drivers who deliver Amazon packages in Amazon-branded vans don't actually work for Amazon,” she continued. Ta. “No one believes this nonsense. Amazon needs to stop avoiding its legal obligations to these workers and come to the negotiating table now.”
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