Amazon staff have taken one other step in the direction of preventing for employee protections. The Amazon Labor Union (ALU) is teaming up with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), a century-plus-old labor union energetic in the USA and Canada. The duo introduced the partnership in a joint statement on X (previously Twitter) following a vote that noticed 98.3 p.c of ALU members in favor of it.
AMAZON LABOR UNION VOTES TO RATIFY TEAMSTERS AFFILIATION
Amazon Labor Union members have voted to affiliate with the 1.3 million-member Worldwide Brotherhood of Teamsters by a close to unanimous 98.3 p.c in favor. The labor affiliation brings renewed illustration and…— Teamsters (@Teamsters) June 18, 2024
“Collectively, with arduous work, braveness, and conviction, the Teamsters and ALU will battle fearlessly to make sure Amazon staff safe the nice jobs and protected working circumstances they deserve in a union contract,” Teamsters Common President Sean M. O’Brien stated in an announcement. ALU-IBT Native 1 will symbolize about 5,500 JFK8 Amazon warehouse workers in Staten Island however will “have jurisdiction” for warehouse staff all through New York Metropolis.
Staten Island served as some extent of delight when, in April 2022, the ALU secured sufficient votes to make JFK8 Amazon’s first unionized warehouse in the US — one 12 months after the ALU fashioned. Nevertheless, Amazon tried overturning the vote, alleging “inappropriate and undue affect” from the Nationwide Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The battle has since escalated, with the NLRB accusing Amazon of discriminating towards the unionized staff in Staten Island and Amazon claiming in a legal filing earlier this 12 months that the NLRB is “unconstitutional.”
Because the battle continues, ALU President Chris Smalls states that “having the assist of 1.3 million Teamsters to tackle Amazon offers us large employee energy and the alternatives to demand higher circumstances for our members and, most significantly, to safe a contract at JFK8.”