Amazon staff in New York have set a deadline for Sunday 15 December demanding the corporate agree to start bargaining a primary union contract with the union or else staff on the warehouse, together with different Amazon staff across the US, will start an unfair labor observe strike.
Amazon staff on the JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island, New York, made historical past in March 2022 after they turned the primary warehouse on the retail large to win a union election within the US.
A strike can be the primary large-scale unfair labor observe strike at Amazon within the US.
Because the union win, Amazon has but to start negotiating a primary contract with the union after submitting objections to the election, which had been overruled by the Nationwide Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Amazon had additionally accused NLRB officers of bias and has challenged the constitutionality of the Nationwide Labor Relations Board.
“The Teamsters are performed asking properly for Amazon to cease breaking the legislation. Amazon should commit to return to the desk and cut price a Teamsters contract with its staff – or face the results of its inaction,” mentioned the Teamsters normal president, Sean O’Brien, in an announcement saying the demand and strike risk.
Amazon Labor Union – Worldwide Brotherhood of Teamsters Native 1 (ALU-IBT Native 1), represents the employees at JFK8.
“What occurs on Staten Island has an affect on Amazon staff throughout the nation. Amazon’s steadfast refusal to return to the bargaining desk sends a message that employers can flout their authorized obligations underneath the Nationwide Labor Relations Act with impunity,” said the union in a petition calling on Amazon to return to the bargaining desk. “Whereas Amazon continues to interact in unlawful actions in opposition to the employees of ALU-IBT Native 1, the corporate can also be in search of to abolish the Nationwide Labor Relations Board – additional demonstrating its blatant disregard for the legislation and the working-class.”
The Teamsters have been organizing Amazon staff across the US for over a yr, together with supply drivers in Atlanta, Georgia, and Illinois, and a number of supply driver websites in California, the Amazon DBK4 warehouse in Queens, New York, Amazon’s KCVG air hub in Kentucky, and greater than 1,000 staff just lately demanding union recognition from Amazon on the firm’s KSBD air hub in southern California.
“Amazon staff throughout the nation are organizing with the Teamsters as a result of we’ve had sufficient. The disrespect we face day-after-day from administration whereas working lengthy hours and doing back-breaking work is a shame,” mentioned Daniel Salinas, an air hub employee at KSBD, in an announcement saying the demand. “I’ve labored at Amazon for 3 years, and it’s previous time we made some modifications at this firm. That begins with a union and a voice on the job for staff like me.”
Amazon didn’t instantly reply to requests for touch upon the strike risk.
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