FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is pictured at the company logistics center in Carquefou near Nantes, France, October 15, 2024. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File Photo/File Photo
NEW YORK: Amazon.com Inc workers at the company’s sole unionised warehouse in the United States joined a broader strike by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
The Teamsters-affiliated Amazon Labour Union, which represents workers at the JFK8 warehouse in New York City’s Staten Island, had asked members to walk off the job at midnight Saturday.
Videos the group reposted on X showed people marching from the union’s office to the sprawling warehouse through a light snow, and rallying at the bus stop where workers first began organising their colleagues three years ago.
They are demanding the company hold talks with workers there and at other facilities where Amazon employees or contract drivers have sought to be represented by the Teamsters.
Workers at one of Amazon’s air cargo hubs, in San Bernadino, California, were also joining the strike as of Saturday afternoon, the Teamsters said in a statement.
The Teamsters, which represent 1.3 million people, earlier this week asked workers at seven last-mile delivery warehouses, in California, Georgia, Illinois and New York, to strike beginning last Thursday.
It’s the biggest test to date of whether the union’s nascent organising campaign has made inroads at the world’s largest online retailer.
Teamsters employed by other companies have picketed additional Amazon warehouses. — Bloomberg
