Thousands of Amazon workers represented by the Teamsters union will walk off the job on Thursday, seeking better wages and working conditions. The strike could disrupt holiday deliveries but Amazon likely won't bargain, experts say.
Thousands of Amazon .com workers will walk off the job on Thursday at 6 a.m. ET (1100 GMT/7 p.m. in Manila), in the crucial final days of the holiday season, after union officials said the retailer failed to come to the bargaining table.The International Brotherhood of Teamsters said unionized workers at facilities in New York City; Skokie, Illinois; Atlanta, San Francisco and southern California will join the picket line to seek contracts guaranteeing better wages and work conditions.
The Teamsters union has said it represents about 10,000 workers at 10 of the company's US facilities, representing about 1 percent of Amazon's hourly workforce. Among them, seven will walk out on Thursday, the Teamsters said.The strike could disrupt Amazon's operations as it races to fulfill orders during its busiest season of the year. In the New York City area, however, the company has multiple warehouses, as well as smaller delivery depots for fast same-day delivery.Amazon did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.The union had given Amazon a deadline of Sunday to begin negotiations, and workers at facilities voted recently to authorize a strike.Teamsters local unions are also putting up primary picket lines at hundreds of Amazon Fulfillment Centers nationwide, the union said in a statement on Wednesday.Observers said Amazon is unlikely to come to the table to bargain, as it could open the door to additional union actions.'Amazon clearly has developed a strategy of ignoring their workers' rights to collectively organize and negotiate,' said Benjamin Sachs, a Harvard Law School professor of labor and industry.He noted that more than two years after workers at a Staten Island warehouse became the first in the United States to vote to unionize, Amazon has still not recognized the group.Amazon has, however, filed objections with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) over the 2022 Staten Island election, alleging bias among agency officials, among other issue
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