Sean O'Brien 7,000 workers On December 19, 2024, Teamsters union declared a strike against Amazon.
[2] However, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled that one group of employees at one location (Staten Island) belong to a union (Amazon Labor Union, which started independently in 2021 but affiliated with the Teamsters in June 2024), though Amazon is appealing that ruling.
[2] Teamsters claimed that Amazon ignored their December 15 negotiating deadline.
She claimed that Teamsters tried to threaten and coerce Amazon and third-party drivers into joining Teamsters, and that that "is the subject of multiple pending unfair labor practice charges against the union.
[2] Teamsters argues that they have joint employers under the National Labor Relations Board ruling.