At least in seven facilities amazoncompany workers went on strike Thursday morning, led by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The move is to pressure the e-commerce giant into a labor agreement, however, Buyers are already beginning to wonder if this will affect the delivery of orders.
The Teamsters say workers are taking to the streets after Amazon ignored the union’s Dec. 15 deadline for contract negotiations. According to review CBS Newsone of the pickets is present in the borough of Queens, New York City.
Other points of the strike develop at an Amazon warehouse in San Francisco, Atlanta, the Chicago suburb of Skokie, and at six delivery stations in Southern Californiaaccording to the union’s announcement.
Will deliveries of Amazon orders be affected?
Initially, Sean M. O’Brien, general president of the Teamsters, which represents nearly 10,000 workers at 10 Amazon facilities, expressed that any delay will be the sole responsibility of the company, for not responding to the requests.
“If your package is delayed during the holidays, you can blame it on Amazon’s insatiable greed. We gave him a clear deadline to get his act together and do the right thing for our members. “They ignored it”said.
Nevertheless, Amazon clarifies that delivery drivers are not its employees, but rather work for third-party companiescalled Delivery Service Partners, and who deliver millions of packages to customers every day.
Based on this, active orders would not be affected.
“The truth is that the Teamsters have actively threatened, intimidated, and attempted to coerce Amazon employees and third-party drivers into joining them, which is illegal and is the subject of multiple pending unfair labor practice charges against the union.”Kelly Nantel, company spokesperson, said in a statement.
Last month, UNI Global Union held its fifth annual strike over Black Friday weekend as part of its “Make Amazon Pay” movement. in which workers from 20 countries participated, including the United States.
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