Amazon strike expands to Staten Island, New York, warehouse
Teamsters general president Sean O’Brien is calling on Amazon to pay its union members better and “negotiate” ahead of the busy holiday season.
Amazon employees A warehouse in New York’s Staten Island will join thousands of disgruntled workers as a strike against the retail giant entered its second day on Friday.
The Teamsters said release “momentum continues to build” as workers seek “fair treatment” from the online retailer.
“The Amazon Teamsters movement is growing bigger and stronger every day and will not stop,” the International Brotherhood of Teamsters said in a statement posted on social media.
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The JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island joined thousands of Amazon workers in protesting the corporation’s refusal to “bargain with its workers who have chosen to unionize with the Teamsters.”
The strike came after the Teamsters said Amazon ignored a Dec. 15 union deadline to negotiate new contracts for higher wages, better benefits and safer working conditions.
Amazon workers organized by the Teamsters in Skokie, IL during the 2024 holiday season. (Fox News / Fox News)
Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien encouraged the last warehouse to join the strike, saying it took “courage” to stand up. large corporations.
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“Amazon executives are cowards who hide behind lies, threats and intimidation to avoid their responsibilities to workers and the public,” he said does.”
Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien said “Santa Claus is disgusted” by Amazon’s behavior Thursday in the “Cavuto. in Coast to Coast. (FOX Business/Getty Images/Photo Illustration/FOXBusiness)
Staten Island workers joined thousands of other workers from seven locations in Skokie, Illinois; New York City; Atlanta; San Francisco; and in Southern California.
Although the Teamsters says the union represents about 10,000 workers at Amazon’s 10 U.S. locations, the company does not recognize workers’ union affiliation.
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Amazon says the Teamsters is “intentional [misleading] public” because they do not represent Amazon employees and drivers, company spokeswoman Kelly Nantel said in a previous statement to Fox Business.
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“For over a year now, the Teamsters have continued to deliberately mislead the public by claiming they represent ‘thousands of Amazon employees and drivers.’ They do not, and this is yet another attempt to push a false narrative,” Nantel said. “The truth is that the teams actively threatened, intimidated and tried to coerce. Amazon employees and third-party drivers to join them, which is illegal and is the subject of numerous pending unfair labor charges against the union.”
Strike the Amazon Teamsters. December 19, 2024 (FOX 5 New York / Fox News)
Nantel also said the company “doesn’t expect anything impact on our operations“.
Teamsters spokeswoman Cara Denise responded to Amazon’s statement, saying the company is “gassing the American public with their false narratives.”
“The truth is that over 20 bargaining units representing nearly 9,000 employees have successfully organized because the company has exploited and abused workers for many years, and those workers are tired and fighting back,” Denise said.
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“No matter how big Amazon’s corporate PR machine is, they can’t fool the American public into believing that Amazon package delivery drivers don’t actually work for Amazon,” Denise added no one believes this nonsense. Amazon needs to stop shirking its legal obligation to these workers and come to the bargaining table now.”
FOX Business’ Pilar Arias and Fox News Digital’s Elizabeth Pritchett contributed to this report.
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