Thousands of Amazon workers organizing with the Teamsters union have launched the largest strike against Amazon in U.S. history. In the midst of peak holiday shopping season, drivers and workers at seven facilities in New York, Georgia, Illinois and California went on strike Thursday to pressure Amazon to come to the negotiating table as workers demand better benefits, higher wages and safer working conditions.
The strike comes days after the Senate Labor Committee, led by Senator Bernie Sanders, published a report that found Amazon systematically ignores and rejects recommended worker safety measures and deliberately misrepresents workplace injury data.
— source democracynow.org | Dec 20, 2024