San Bernardino Workers Put Pressure on
$2 Trillion Corporation to Recognize
Union
SAN
BERNARDINO, Calif., Dec. 21,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday at 12 p.m. PST, Amazon Teamsters at the KSBD air hub
in San Bernardino joined their
co-workers on strike against the corporation's relentless greed.
Thousands of Teamsters are striking at DBK4 and JFK8 in
New York City; DGT8 in
Atlanta; DFX4, DAX5, and DAX8 in
Southern California; DCK6 in
San Francisco; and DIL7 in
Skokie, Ill., in addition to
picketing at hundreds of Amazon facilities across the country.
Amazon forced its workers to strike by illegally refusing to
negotiate for a labor agreement. The corporation has ignored
repeated demands to bargain for a contract.
"These workers have the courage to face down a giant and the
conviction to demand what they've rightfully earned. No matter how
hard Amazon tries to hold them down, our members' spirits are
strong and will never be broken," said Teamsters General President
Sean M. O'Brien.
The Teamsters Union represents nearly 10,000 Amazon workers at
10 warehouses and delivery stations. Even though Amazon is worth
$2 trillion, workers are forced to
work for low wages in unsafe working conditions.
"We don't want to be on the picket line this close to the
holidays, but Amazon left us no other option," said Ayden Huett, a worker at KSBD. "Amazon has shown
time and again that they will not improve how they treat us unless
we fight. And that's exactly what we're doing."
KSBD is Amazon's largest air hub on the West Coast. Over 1,000
workers from the facility have unionized with the Teamsters.
"We know how vital KSBD is to Amazon," said Tobias Cheng, a worker at the air hub. "For how
much we do for this company, we deserve higher pay, better
benefits, and safer work conditions."
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.
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at Facebook.com/teamsters.
Contact:
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