Teamsters picket outside Amazon facility in Orlando as part of national solidarity action
Dec 19, 2024
It’s been more than two years since Amazon workers at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York, became the first in the United States to vote to unionize with the Amazon Labor Union, a grassroots union that has since affiliated with the Teamsters, a union that’s more than 1.3 million workers strong. In an alleged violation of federal labor law, however, the Seattle-based ecommerce giant has refused to recognize the union, has refused to negotiate a first contract with its unionized employees, and has hired professional union busters at rates of $400-plus an hour to convince Amazon warehouse workers and delivery drivers that they don’t need a union.