“There is no clearer example of how America is failing the working class than Amazon,” says the resolution that will be voted on by representatives from 500 Teamsters local unions Thursday.
FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2020, file photo, an Amazon delivery van departs an Amazon Warehouse in Dedham, Mass. The Teamsters, a union that represents 1.4 million delivery workers, is setting its sights on Amazon.
The resolution is expected to be approved and would allow the Teamsters to “fully fund and support" efforts to unionize Amazon workers and create a division to aid them and “protect the standards in our industries from the existential threat that is Amazon.” It declined to say how much money it will spend on the efforts.
The organizing in Bessemer was led by the New York-based Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, which represents 100,000 workers at poultry plants; cereal and soda bottling facilities; and retailers such as Macy’s and H&M. “They’re a strong, successful union,” said Alex Colvin, the dean of Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, who added the Amazon workers reflect the type of members it already represents. “They’re a formidable adversary for Amazon to face."
Philippines Latest News, Philippines Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Teamsters launch massive nationwide effort to unionize Amazon workers“[B]uilding worker power at Amazon and ultimately helping Amazon workers achieve a union contract is the highest priority for the Teamsters Union.”
Read more »
Teamsters vow to unionize Amazon, taking on an anti-union behemothThe Teamsters vow to help unionize Amazon
Read more »
Teamsters launch massive nationwide effort to unionize Amazon workersThe Teamsters, one of the largest labor unions in the US, is launching a national effort to unionize Amazon workers in an official resolution that will be put to a vote among union members later this week.
Read more »
Amazon Prime Day could test the limits of the e-commerce giant’s swift delivery capabilitiesAll of the purchases made on Amazon Prime Day could clog the delivery pipeline. JMP Securities estimates that Prime membership has now reached more than 200 million people.
Read more »