An attendee holds a Support Amazon Teamsters sign during a rally with employees and union members as a part of an “Amazon Teamsters Day of Solidarity” in support of the unionization and collective bargaining of Amazon delivery drivers on the Teamsters Local 848 on August 29, 2024 in Long Beach, California.Â
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Lots of of Amazon delivery drivers at certainly one of the corporate’s Latest York facilities joined the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the union announced Monday, marking the newest escalation of organizing efforts in its logistics network.
The drivers work for 3 contracted delivery firms out of an Amazon facility often called DBK4, positioned in Latest York’s Queens neighborhood. The drivers work for Cornucopia Logistics, DnA Logistics and Champion Logistics, a Teamsters spokesperson said.
A majority of drivers at each of the contracted firms signed authorization cards to hitch the Teamsters, the union said in a release. On Monday morning, they approached Amazon asking the corporate to acknowledge the union and start negotiations. Drivers at the power have called for consistent schedules, properly maintained delivery trucks and reasonable workloads, the union said.
The employees are a part of Amazon’s network of third-party delivery firms, which ferry packages from its warehouses to shoppers’ doorsteps.
Amazon has prior to now yr faced swelling labor pressure amongst its ranks of delivery employees, including walkouts, calls for higher wages and safety improvements. Last week, Amazon announced it was climbing wages for contracted delivery employees as a part of a $2.1 billion investment into this system.
The National Labor Relations Board has also been examining Amazon’s delivery service partner program. Since August, the federal labor agency has issued two determinations finding that Amazon needs to be deemed a “joint employer” of employees at two subcontracted delivery firms. The NLRB’s determination could compel Amazon to bargain with employees in search of to unionize.
“The NLRB made clear that Amazon has a legal obligation to bargain with its drivers and meet them on the negotiating table to enhance wages, working conditions, safety standards, and every part in between,”  Sean O’Brien, general president of the Teamsters, said in an announcement.
The Teamsters and other big labor unions have long had their sights set on organizing warehouse and delivery employees at Amazon, the second-largest private employer within the U.S. Last April, drivers at an Amazon facility in Palmdale, California, voted to hitch the union. The Teamsters also launched a division aimed toward funding and directing organizing resources to Amazon employees.
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