This is a statement by the Amazon Labor Union – International Brotherhood of Teamsters (ALU-IBT Local 1) defending immigrant workers from government and employer attacks. The ALU represents Amazon workers at the company’s JFK8 warehouse in Staten Island, New York.
The following is a press release by the Amazon Labor Union – International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 1. World-Outlook is encouraging its readers to take the action the union suggests to support the workers at JFK8, Amazon’s giant fulfillment center in Staten Island, New York, as they are preparing to launch a strike demanding the company agree to negotiate a union contract.
This article by Luis Feliz Leon, first published by Labor Notes, describes how the Teamsters and other unions are spinning off momentum from recent organizing fights to new battle fronts across Amazon’s logistics chain.
This article describes an accomplishment by hundreds of Amazon drivers at a delivery station in Queens, New York. A majority of these workers recently signed union authorization cards seeking representation by the Teamsters. They also marched on their employer’s offices on September 16 demanding the logistics giant recognize their union and negotiate a contract.
The following letter from the Amazon Labor Union – International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 1 was sent on September 4, 2024, to workers at JFK8, Amazon’s giant warehouse in Staten Island, New York. It is aimed at reaching out to all JFK8 workers and drawing them into a discussion on determining a course of action to overcome Amazon’s obstructionism and force the company to negotiate a contract.
STATEN ISLAND, New York, August 1, 2024 — In an election for officers of the Amazon Labor Union–International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 1, held in July, the Democratic Reform Caucus candidates won all the positions. The union represents workers at Amazon’s giant JFK8 warehouse here. The results will be finalized after an August 6 deadline for filing objections.
STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK, June 18, 2024 — Workers at Amazon’s giant JFK8 fulfillment center here ratified affiliation with the 1.3-million-member International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT). The results were announced today. According to an Instagram live stream of the tally provided by the Amazon Labor Union (ALU), the vote to affiliate with the Teamsters was nearly unanimous, with 98.3 percent approving. Of the nearly 850 workers who cast ballots, 824 voted YES and 14 voted NO. Ten ballots were deemed invalid. The newly chartered local will represent Amazon warehouse workers at JFK8.