In a drastic action, saboteur cells organized by the Teamsters International Union workers across seven Amazon’s sites in the US have begun to strike during the busy shopping season, leading to a significant labor walkout at one of the largest fulfillment entities in the USA. The struggle which was began by the International Brother hood of Teamsters is now one of the largest unified movements against Amazon.
Facilities Affected:
As the strikes are taking place during peak busy period some of the locations affected include Amazon delivery stations that are sksdn in Southern California, New York City, Atlanta and San Francisco.
Worker demands:
Among the complains raised by the retaliating workers include low wages and firm negotiations regarding workers payment that would allow payment on time. Twenty December marked the deadline when negotiations was to done, however, Amazon still did managed and was accused of not doing so, thus leading to a mass action.
Amazon’s response:
The company continues to maintain any form of resistance height inside the company was birthed from external forces, thus confirming that it has not affected their day to day operations. Additionally, striking workers handed in ultimatums on their initial complaints regarding the responsibility of the delivery drivers, making it clear that they were independent firms.
The potential impact on deliveries:
Potential impact on deliveries could be severe given that the action has commenced will jeopardize the firms position once inched closer to Christmas. Local orders in New York for example could be practical 1 to 3 days indefinitely.
Conclusion:
However, the management of Amazon is unequivocal that major disturbances are not to be expected. – Union’s Position: The Teamsters argue that Amazon has a great influence to the work of the delivery drivers and in fact, the delivery drivers are joint employers to them. They are gunning for Amazon to partake in the negotiations regarding contract aimed at solving the grievances of the workers. This strike adds to the chronicles of the open rivalry between Amazon and trade unions and the discontent of the workers over risk, pay and working conditions in the arena of e-commerce which has been growing at an alarming rate.
