To: Amazon
Tell Amazon to stop union-busting and recognize union workers - including drivers!
There’s a wave of Amazon workers, including drivers, unionizing with the Teamsters. But Amazon is continuing to engage in union-busting, making every effort possible to refuse workers their rights to unionize and fight for better pay, benefits, and working conditions.
Late last year, Amazon workers at the SDF9 facility in Shepherdsville, Kentucky became the first semi-truck and tractor trailer drivers to unionize at Amazon in the U.S. Amazon responded by challenging the union, adding to its pattern of union-busting. “Amazon workers across the country will not accept crumbs from a multitrillion-dollar company that disrespects them,” said Randy Korgan, Director of the Teamsters Amazon Division. More than 10,000 Amazon workers nationwide are seeking to unionize with the Teamsters.
In Queens, NY, package delivery drivers rallied for union recognition and threatened to strike if Amazon executives don’t meet their demands. Amazon exploits many delivery drivers by hiring them through third-party companies, which is the case at the DBK1 facility in Queens. Teamsters and workers are challenging this “abusive” third-party system.
Why is this important?
Amazon’s union-busting is relentless. The Teamsters said the drivers in Kentucky “quietly organized” for more than a year to avoid Amazon’s anti-labor crackdown.
After thousands of Amazon workers voted to unionize in 2022 in New York City, Amazon unleashed a full court press of labor law violations to block contract negotiations. More than three years later, Amazon executives still won’t recognize the union that warehouse workers at the JFK8 facility in NYC voted for.
Delivery drivers at DBK1 said the biggest issues are inconsistent scheduling, unrealistic delivery quotas and salaries that do not meet New York City’s cost-of-living. Workers also said that they are constantly worried about losing their jobs, citing former colleagues who have been fired for minor infractions.
Amazon’s overwhelming corporate power has allowed it to get away with exploiting workers. The mega-corporation has spent millions on its union-busting campaigns. But workers have the power to fight back, and they’re showing that from New York to Kentucky and all across the country. We must join them today.
Sign the petition: Tell Amazon to end the union-busting! Recognize and bargain with unionized workers now.