{"id":2381729,"date":"2024-12-19T05:31:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T10:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teamsters-announce-strike-against-amazon-days-before-christmas-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T05:33:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T10:33:33","slug":"teamsters-announce-strike-against-amazon-days-before-christmas-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teamsters-announce-strike-against-amazon-days-before-christmas-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Teamsters announce strike against Amazon days before Christmas &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fteamsters-announce-strike-against-amazon-days-before-christmas-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2381729&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has announced a strike against Amazon, set to begin just days before Christmas at 6 a.m.Thursday. \u2063This decision follows repeated rejections by Amazon of bargaining requests \u2064from thousands of workers who have organized with the union. The Teamsters are calling the action the largest strike against amazon in American history, with approximately 10,000 workers expected to participate.Union President Sean M. O\u2019Brien highlighted that this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-cities-where-teachers-unions-are-keeping-schools-shutdown\/\" title=\"Five Cities Where Teachers Unions Are Keeping Schools Shutdown\">work stoppage<\/a> occurs during the peak\u200c holiday shopping season and criticized Amazon for not addressing the workers&#8217; demands, attributing any potential holiday shipping delays to the company&#8217;s &#8220;insatiable greed.&#8221; He expressed disappointment over Amazon&#8217;s leadership,stating they missed \u200dthe opportunity to treat their employees with respect and decency.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Teamsters announce strike against Amazon days before Christmas<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Less than a week before Christmas, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters announced that workers will strike at various Amazon locations throughout the country starting Thursday at 6 a.m. The work stoppage is due to a union claim that Amazon has repeatedly rejected bargaining requests with &ldquo;thousands of Amazon workers who organized with the Teamsters,&rdquo; read a press release.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The Teamsters <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/teamster.org\/2024\/12\/teamsters-launch-largest-strike-against-amazon-in-american-history\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a> promoted the announcement of the strike as the &ldquo;largest strike against Amazon in American history.&rdquo; Approximately 10,000 workers are expected to participate in the work stoppage. It comes during the busiest shopping time of the year, when people buy gifts for the Christmas holiday&mdash;something that Teamsters General President Sean M. O&rsquo;Brien noted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If your package is delayed during the holidays, you can blame Amazon&rsquo;s insatiable greed. We gave Amazon a clear deadline to come to the table and do right by our members. They ignored it,&rdquo; O&rsquo;Brien said. &ldquo;These greedy executives had every chance to show decency and respect for the people who make their obscene profits possible. Instead, they&rsquo;ve pushed workers to the limit, and now they&rsquo;re paying the price. This strike is on them.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"tpd-featured-video featured-post-video in-content bridtv\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1914948\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:1280;height:720;\"> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tpd-featured-video-placeholder\" style=\"position:relative;overflow:hidden;width:100%;padding-top:56.25%;background-color:#000;\">\n<div style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;bottom:0;right:0;width:100%;height:100%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The strike affects only Amazon locations where workers have voted to unionize: Atlanta, Georgia; New York City, New York; San Francisco, California; Skokie, Illinois; and Southern California, according to the release. The union also announced it would hold picket lines at numerous Amazon fulfillment centers nationwide.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What we&rsquo;re doing is historic,&rdquo; said Leah Pensler, a warehouse worker in San Francisco. &ldquo;We are fighting against a vicious union-busting campaign, and we are going to win.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Amazon&rsquo;s wealth was mentioned in the union&rsquo;s press release, and many soon-to-be striking workers slammed it, calling the company greedy, given its affluence. Some unionized Amazon workers criticized its company for not paying workers enough despite ranking as the second-largest company on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/ranking\/global500\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fortune Global 500<\/a> list.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Amazon is one of the biggest, richest corporations in the world,&rdquo; said Gabriel Irizarry, a driver from Skokie, Ill. &ldquo;They talk a big game about taking care of their workers, but when it comes down to it, Amazon does not respect us and our right to negotiate for better working conditions and wages. We can&rsquo;t even afford to pay our bills.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Amazon has refuted many of the claims. Furthermore, in response to the strike, an Amazon spokesperson told ABC News that Teamsters illegally pressured workers to join the union.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For more than a year now, the Teamsters have continued to intentionally mislead the public &ndash; claiming that they represent &lsquo;thousands of Amazon employees and drivers.&rsquo; They don&rsquo;t, and this is another attempt to push a false narrative,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Business\/teamsters-announces-nationwide-strike-amazon-begin-thursday\/story?id=116931631\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> Kelly Nantel, an Amazon spokesperson. &ldquo;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 <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">multiple pending unfair labor practice charges<\/a> against the union.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nantel emphasized that Amazon had increased its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/large-businesses-are-using-technology-to-dodge-minimum-wage-hikes\/\" title=\"Large Businesses Are Using Technology To Dodge Minimum Wage Hikes\">starting wage<\/a> for its drivers and workers in fulfillment centers by 20%. She also mentioned a September salary increase that raised the company&rsquo;s base wages for workers to $22 per hour. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbo-estimates-biden-plan-to-raise-minimum-wage-to-15-could-kill-almost-4-million-jobs\/\" title=\"CBO Estimates Biden Plan To Raise Minimum Wage To  Could Kill Almost 4 Million Jobs\">federal minimum wage<\/a> in the U.S. is $7.25 per hour.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Among the states where workers are striking, Amazon&rsquo;s $22 per hour is higher than each of their <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dol.gov\/agencies\/whd\/minimum-wage\/state\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">state&rsquo;s minimum wage salaries<\/a>. California has the highest minimum wage at $16 per hour, followed by New York at $15 per hour, Illinois at $14 per hour, and Georgia at $5.15 per hour.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1914948\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1914948\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teamsters to strike at Amazon locations just before Christmas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2381730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Trump-Vance-Teamsters-Union.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4558,6922,36475,4522,19459],"class_list":["post-2381729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-amazon","tag-christmas","tag-labor-relations","tag-strike","tag-teamsters"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Trump-Vance-Teamsters-Union.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2381729"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2381733,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381729\/revisions\/2381733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2381730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2381729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2381729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2381729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}