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Although the Teamsters claim to represent 7,000 Amazon workers nationwide, that accounts for less than 1% of the company’s US workforce. Strike authorization votes are often approved, even if the union members never actually go on strike. While an upstart union, the Amazon Labor Union won such a vote at Amazon’s Staten Island facility in April 2022. Many of the 7,000 Teamsters that the union refers to as “Amazon employees,” however, are drivers for independent contractors making deliveries for Amazon and no one else. Those drivers are based at seven different Amazon facilities, including those who authorized strikes in Queens and Skokie.
Persons: ” Eileen Hards, It’s, , Sean O’Brien, , Riley Holzworth Organizations: New, New York CNN, Teamsters, CNN, UPS, Amazon, Unions, National Labor Relations Board, Amazon Labor Union, Amazon’s, Staten Island, NLRB, , Business, Trump Locations: New York, Staten Island , New York, Staten, Queens , New York, Skokie , Illinois, Chicago, Amazon’s Staten, Staten Island, Amazon, Skokie, San Francisco, San Bernardino , California, San Bernardino, Queens
The high-profile contract fights have played out across the country, just as public opinion has been turning more in favor of organized labor. UPSThe union representing more than 325,000 UPS workers, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, spent months negotiating a new contract with the company. The workers’ key demands included better pay for part-time workers, whom the company relies on heavily during busy periods, and improved heat safety. The work stoppage has grown in scope since, with the union expanding its strike to include spare-parts distribution centers for G.M. has pointed to growth in profits and chief executive compensation in making its demands for improved compensation for its members.
Persons: they’ve, , Shawn Fain Organizations: United Automobile Workers, SAG, Writers Guild of America, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Gallup, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Hollywood, Guild of America, UPS, United Auto Workers, U.S, — Ford, General Motors, Teamsters Locations: Hollywood, Staten
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