More Than 100 Amazon Workers Organizing
with the Teamsters Hold Walkout Over Company's Unfair Labor
Practices
SAN
BERNARDINO, Calif., July 22,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Amazon workers organizing with
the Teamsters at the company's major air hub in Southern California walked off the job Sunday
in an unfair labor practice (ULP) strike over retaliation workers
have faced for union organizing. The KSBD warehouse in San Bernardino is a crucial cog in Amazon's
logistics network and the largest air facility on the West
Coast.
"We're on strike to send a message to Amazon: treat your workers
with the respect and dignity we deserve," said Anna Ortega, an Amazon air hub worker organizing
with the Teamsters. "Amazon is one of the most profitable companies
in the world, but it consistently treats its workers like trash. We
are standing up for our right to organize and to fight for a better
future at Amazon."
The strike takes place as Amazon workers continue to fulfill
customer orders from Prime Day. KSBD has been a hotbed for Amazon
workers organizing with the Teamsters. Workers have led numerous
walkouts and strikes over Amazon's unfair labor practices and
petitioned management for higher wages, heat safety measures, and
safer working conditions, among other key priorities.
"The workers now on strike have the full support of more than a
million Teamsters nationwide," said Randy
Korgan, Director of the Teamsters Amazon Division. "Amazon
has no respect for the wellbeing of the workers who make its
profits possible, and San
Bernardino workers have sent a clear message to these
corporate criminals that they've had enough."
"If Amazon is going to retaliate against us for organizing, then
we are going to hit the streets," said Regina Herrmann, an Amazon air hub worker
organizing with the Teamsters. "Amazon workers are
responsible for Amazon's huge profits, especially during Prime Day.
We are united and ready to exert our collective power."
The walkout in San Bernardino
comes as Amazon workers nationwide organize in droves in a fight
for better pay, safer working conditions, and a voice on the job,
including Amazon Teamsters from Palmdale,
California and Skokie,
Illinois, who are currently on strike and extending their
picket line to facilities across the country.
Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters
represents 1.3 million hardworking people in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto
Rico. Visit Teamster.org for more information. Follow
us on Twitter @Teamsters and "like" us on Facebook at
Facebook.com/teamsters.
Contact:
Kara Deniz, (202) 497-6610
kdeniz@teamster.org
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SOURCE International Brotherhood of Teamsters