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Amazon workers have gone on strike in multiple locations less than a week before the biggest holiday of the year.
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters announced the strike yesterday. Their goal is to pressure the online giant into a labor agreement that will be considered more fair for the employees.
Amazon claims that the striking workforce accounts for less than 1% of the overall company. They expect holiday deliveries to be completed without any setbacks.
The Teamsters state that Amazon missed a Dec. 15th deadline for contract negotiations that could’ve prevented the largest strike in U.S. history. It’s been reported that about 10,000 Amazon employees are participating in the strike.
Multiple states are involved in the strike, including 7 California locations, New York City, Atlanta, and Skokie, Illinois. The union states that more locations are prepared to join the strike as well.
Amazon, on the other hand, claims the Teamsters union doesn’t represent nearly as many Amazon employees as they claim. According to Amazon, their delivery drivers are actually employed by a third-party company. The Teamsters refute this claim by asserting that Amazon essentially controls every aspect of the delivery driver’s work tasks and argue that they should be classified as Amazon employees.
From FOX 8:
“For more than a year now, the Teamsters have continued to intentionally mislead the public – claiming that they represent ‘thousands of Amazon employees and drivers’. They don’t, and this is another attempt to push a false narrative,” Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel said in a statement.
This is a developing story.
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