The Amazon brand name logo design is on display screen at the NASDAQ market website in Times Square in New York City on February 21. The Amazon Labor Union stated it has actually voted to affiliate with the Teamsters. Submit Photo by John Angelillo/UPI|License Photo
June 18 (UPI)– The Amazon Labor Union on Tuesday voted to affiliate with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
The Teamsters stated the vote passed with 98.3% of ALU members in favor of chartering ALU-International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 1, which will represent the around 5,500 Amazon storage facility employees at the JFK8 center on Staten Island and have jurisdiction over Amazon storage facility employees in New York’s 5 districts.
“Workers at Amazon– in the storage facilities or behind the wheel– have actually shown they have the strength, unity and decision to handle the greediest company on earth and win,” Sean O’Brien, Teamsters basic president, stated in a declaration.
“Together, with effort, nerve and conviction, the Teamsters and ALU will battle fearlessly to make sure Amazon employees protect the excellent tasks and safe working conditions they serve in a union agreement.”
ALU, which was the very first group to arrange a union in an Amazon storage facility decided as Amazon has actually battled versus the production of the union and has actually looked for to nullify the 2022 vote developing it. The union will hold brand-new elections this summertime.
“The ratification vote by our members is a historical minute– and it sends out an effective tip to Amazon that we’re not quiting in our yearslong project for regard, much better earnings and safe tasks,” stated Connor Spencer, of the ALU Democratic Reform Caucus.
“Affiliating with the Teamsters and chartering a strong, self-governing regional union signals a brand-new chapter for numerous working individuals and this market.”
