Warehouse workers across the US are on strike

“This strike is on them, and I’m afraid they are going to lose”: Amazon, the Teamsters, and the Loss of the Labor Relations Board

“Amazon’s greed can be blamed if a package is delayed during the holidays,” Sean O’Brien said. We gave Amazon a clear deadline to do the right thing by our members. They ignored it.”

The first group of Amazon workers to unionize were in Staten Island. But Amazon has continuously fought the decision in court, arguing that union leaders influenced how workers voted, an argument the National Labor Relations Board dismissed almost two years ago.

“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, reported The Associated Press.

Leah Pensler, a warehouse worker in San Francisco said, “What we’re doing is historic. We are fighting against a vicious union-busting campaign, and we are going to win.”

The picket line has been joined by workers in New York City, Atlanta, California and Illinois. The workers at other facilities are prepared to strike as well.

Sean M. O’Brien stated that the greedy executives had every chance to show respect to the people who make their obscene profits. They pushed workers to the limit, and now they are paying the price. This strike is on them.”

Amazon’s record-breaking sales in July through September: New York PD arrests and a delivery driver who flees the street

This has been a record-breaking year for Amazon. The profit from the July through September period was 55 percent higher than it was a year ago. Andy Jassy said in a press release thatAmazon was excited about what it has in store for customers. The report had a forecast for net sales to be between 181.2 billion and 188.6 billion.

Meanwhile, New York Police Department officers stood in the street, sometimes shouting at and shoving workers who stepped off the sidewalk. NYPD arrested a delivery driver who was attempting to flee his van in front of the parking garage to join the strikers. At around 9:50 am, NYPD announced via loudspeaker that any workers who stood in the road would be arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. Shortly after, the NYPD placed a Teamsters organizer under arrest, though it’s unclear if they were in the street. Eventually, police set up barricades outside the garage and began personally organizing the delivery vans with non-striking Amazon loss-prevention workers.