Union workers went on strike at seven Amazon fulfillment centers in Southern California and several other U.S. cities on Dec. 19 as attempts to reach a labor agreement with the mega online marketplace stalled, according to the Teamsters organization.
Amazon’s warehouse and logistics workers officially organized and became affiliated with the 1.3 million-member International Brotherhood of Teamsters in June, according to the union, and efforts to produce a bargaining agreement with the company have failed.
The organization claims thousands of workers walked off their jobs at fulfillment centers in New York, Atlanta, Southern California, San Francisco, and Skokie, Illinois.
“If your package is delayed during the holidays, you can blame Amazon’s insatiable greed,” said Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien in a statement. “We gave Amazon a clear deadline to come to the table and do right by our members. They ignored it.”…