Amazon workers approve strike in California, third authorization ahead of Christmas
Amazon workers approve strike in California, third authorization ahead of Christmas
LOS ANGELES − Amazon workers in Southern California represented by the Teamsters union authorized a strike at four warehouses, days after strikes were authorized in recent York and Illinois.
The strike authorizations, announced in a Tuesday press release, cover Teamsters workers at warehouses in the City of Industry, San Bernandino, Victorville and Palmdale. The authorizations allow for strikes to receive place but does not guarantee they will happen.
Teamsters said that Amazon had failed to meet a Dec. 15 deadline to arrive to the negotiating table and threatened “large-scale labor actions at a critical period of year.”
“We recognize how significant our air hub is to Amazon’s operations,” said Tobias Cheng, a worker at the KSBD air hub in San Bernardino said in the press release. “If Amazon forces a strike, it might have a solemn impact on customers throughout the region and beyond.”
USA TODAY reached out to Amazon for comment and did not receive an immediate response.
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Amazon strikes authorized in recent York and Illinois
Strikes have also been authorized at the DIL7 Amazon delivery station in Skokie, Illinois and at the JFK8 and DBK4 facilities in recent York City.
The threatened strikes would hit the online-retail monolith in the middle of the crucial holiday period. Representatives of the corporation told CNN Tuesday that the potential strikes would not interrupt holiday business.
“We aren’t asking for much,” James Saccardo, a worker at the JFK8 facility, said in the press release announcing the recent York authorizations. “We just desire what everyone else in America wants —to do our jobs and get paid enough to receive worry of ourselves and our families. And Amazon isn’t letting us do that.”
Workers at 10 facilities across the country have organized under the Teamsters, according to the union. Amazon has repeatedly refused to recognize the union.
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