Teamsters Normal President Sean O’Brien calls on Amazon to offer higher pay for its union members and ‘negotiate’ simply days earlier than a busy vacation rush.
Amazon employees at a warehouse on Staten Island in New York will be part of hundreds of disgruntled employees because the strike in opposition to the retail big entered its second day Friday.
The Teamsters stated in a launch “momentum continues to mount” as employees search “fair treatment” from the net retailer.
“The Amazon Teamsters movement grows bigger and stronger every day and will not be stopped,” the Worldwide Brotherhood of Teamsters stated in a press release posted on social media.
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The JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island joined hundreds of Amazon employees to protest the company’s refusal to “bargain with its workers who have chosen to unionize with the Teamsters.”
The strike got here after the Teamsters stated Amazon ignored the union’s Dec. 15 deadline to barter new contracts for increased wages, higher advantages and safer working circumstances.
Teamsters Normal President Sean M. O’Brien inspired the most recent warehouse to hitch the strike, saying it takes “courage” to face up in opposition to huge firms.
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“Amazon executives are cowards hiding behind lies, threats and intimidation to dodge their responsibilities to workers and the public,” he stated. “It takes real courage to stand up to a corporate bully, and Amazon Teamsters are doing just that.”
Teamsters Normal President Sean O’Brien stated “Santa would be disgusted” by Amazon’s conduct on “Cavuto: Coast to Coast” Thursday. (FOX Enterprise/Getty Photographs/Picture illustration / FOXBusiness)
The Staten Island employees joined hundreds of different employees from seven websites in Skokie, Illinois; New York Metropolis; Atlanta; San Francisco; and Southern California.
Although the Teamsters say the union represents about 10,000 employees at 10 Amazon places within the U.S., the corporate does not acknowledge employees’ affiliation with the union.
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Amazon says the Teamsters are “intentionally [misleading] the public” as a result of they do not characterize Amazon staff and drivers, firm spokesperson Kelly Nantel stated in a earlier assertion to Fox Enterprise.
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“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,” Nantel stated. “The truth is that the Teamsters have actively threatened, intimidated and attempted to coerce Amazon employees and third-party drivers to join them, which is illegal and is the subject of multiple pending unfair labor practice charges against the union.”
Nantel additionally stated the corporate “does not expect any impact on our operations.”
Teamsters spokesperson Kara Deniz responded to Amazon’s assertion, saying the corporate is “gaslighting the American public with their false narratives.”
“The truth is, over 20 bargaining units representing nearly 9,000 employees have successfully organized because for many years the company has exploited and abused workers, and these workers are fed up and fighting back,” Deniz stated.
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“No matter how massive Amazon’s corporate PR machine is, they cannot fool the American public into believing drivers delivering Amazon packages in Amazon-branded vans don’t actually work for Amazon,” Deniz added. “No one believes this nonsense. Amazon needs to stop avoiding their legal obligation to these workers and get to the bargaining table now.”
