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A National Movement to Organize Amazon Takes Off

The Teamsters are spinning off momentum from recent organizing fights to new battle fronts across Amazon’s logistics chain.

A group of 100 warehouse workers at DCK6, an Amazon delivery station in San Francisco, marched on company managers October 2 demanding voluntary recognition rather than filing for a National Labor Relations Board-supervised election.

Will Auto Workers Strike to Hold Stellantis to Its Promises?

Contracts come and contracts go, but the bosses keep on scheming forever. So workers’ resistance must be permanent. In August, 17 union locals representing tens of thousands of workers charged the automaker Stellantis with failing to honor its agreements by reneging on investment promises, including the celebrated reopening of the Belvidere assembly plant in Illinois.

New York Amazon Delivery Drivers Join the Teamsters in Surge of Momentum

Hundreds of Amazon drivers at a delivery station in Queens, New York, marched on their bosses today to announce they are joining the Teamsters. They are demanding the logistics giant recognize their union and negotiate a contract.

“To march today and walk in there with everyone behind us, all of us standing together as a union, it was so amazing,” said Latrice Shadae Johnson, who earns $20 an hour delivering packages for Amazon, where she has worked as a driver since last November.

Un Trabajador De Supermercado Y Miembro De Los Teamsters Recupera Su Empleo, Y Se Prepara Para Organizarse Para Obtener Más

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Dieciséis meses después de su despido ilegal, Juan Vargas entró a trabajar en junio entre vítores y palmadas en la espalda de sus compañeros de trabajo en la empresa Anthony Marano, una importante distribuidora de productos agrícolas en el área de Chicago. Obtuvo el pago completo de su salario retroactivo.

Grocery Teamster Gets Job Back, Prepares to Organize for More

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Sixteen months after his illegal firing, Juan Vargas walked into work in June to cheers and pats on the back from his co-workers at the Anthony Marano Company, a major produce distributor in the Chicago area. He won full back pay.

“They fired me because they wanted to intimidate the other workers,” said Vargas in Spanish. “But with my reinstatement, we have won two against the company,” meaning his job and a better contract won through organizing.

Will Immigrant Workers Win Britain’s First Amazon Union?

July 18, 2024 Update: The union lost but came heartbreakingly close: 49.5 percent yes votes, just 28 votes short of winning recognition.

Three thousand warehouse workers are poised to become the first recognized Amazon union in Britain.

Workers at fulfillment center BHX4 in Coventry, central England, cast votes July 8-13 for the GMB union to negotiate over pay, hours, and working conditions with the Amazon bosses. The results are expected July 17.

Illinois Amazon Drivers Strike, Demand Union Contract

Amazon drivers at the DIL7 delivery station in Skokie, Illinois, struck June 26 over the company’s violations of federal labor laws.

A hundred drivers have organized with Teamsters Local 705 and are demanding that Amazon recognize and bargain with their union, after presenting cards signed by a majority of the workforce.

Amazon Workers Affiliate with the Teamsters, Next Up Electing Top Officers

Amazon Labor Union members voted June 17 to affiliate with the Teamsters.

Workers cast 878 ballots at JFK8 Amazon fulfillment center on Staten Island, N.Y. The tally broke down to 829 votes in favor of the affiliation and 14 against it; 10 ballots were spoiled.

Total turnout was 11 percent out of 8,000 workers. However, workers estimate the workforce has dipped to between 5,000 and 6,000 workers during the off-peak season.

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