Amazons NYC warehouse workers poised to strike as holiday crunch in Big Apple looms

Amazon workers at two warehouses in New York City — both of them crucial for delivering holiday goods throughout the Big Apple — signaled they are poised to strike if the e-commerce giant doesn’t agree to a timetable for contract negotiations.The Teamsters union represents Amazon workers at a Staten Island fulfillment center known as JFK8 that employs 5,500 workers, as well as a last-mile delivery station in Queens known as DBK4.

Workers at both facilities voted on Friday to authorize a strike if a Sunday negotiation deadline passed without a resolution, according a Dec.14 post by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.The Teamsters have not released a statement since the Sunday deadline passed and did not immediately respond to a request for comment.“Amazon Teamsters at two New York City facilities — JFK8 and DBK4 — have voted overwhelmingly to authorize strikes following Amazon’s illegal refusal to recognize their union and negotiate a contract addressing the company’s low wages and dangerous working conditions,” Teamsters wrote on X on Friday.Amazon claims that the union does not represent the “thousands” of employees and drivers that it says it does.“The truth is that the Teamsters have actively threatened, intimidated, and attempted to coerce Amazon employees and third-party drivers to join them, which is illegal and is the subject of multiple pending unfair labor practice charges against the union,” Amazon spokesperson Eileen Hards said in a statement.The Teamsters has been trying to organize Amazon nationwide and says it has infiltrated 10 facilities altogether.The Teamster’s president, Sean O’Brien added, “We’ve been clear: Amazon has until December 15 to come to the table and bargain for a contract.

If these white-collar criminals want to keep breaking the law, they better get ready for a fight.”Meanwhile, a scathing congressional report into worker safety issues at Amazon was released on Sunday.The congressional i...