Five more Amazon facilities authorize worker strikes

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facilities authorize worker strikes

Teamsters unions at five additional

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facilities have voted to go on strikes, following similar action in New York City and Illinois. The international Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) announced in a statement that union members “unanimously” approved measures to authorize strikes in four Southern California facilities and a fifth facility in Atlanta.

The four Southern California facilities are based in City of Industry, Palmdale, Victorville and San Bernardino, according to

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. This brings the total number of

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facilities that have authorized worker strikes to eight. The total includes a facility in Skokie, Illinois and on Staten Island and in Queens. The IBT represents just under 10,000 workers in 10

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facilities nationwide.

These facilities approved a strike right in the middle of the holiday shopping season, one of the busiest and most lucrative times of the year for the online retail giant.

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crews went on strike to protest against low wages, hazardous working conditions and “

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’s ******** refusal to recognize their union,” according to IBT statements.

Teamsters General President Sean N. O’Brien said in the statement that

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has failed to provide adequate compensation and protections for its workforce. If their demands are ignored, O’Brien says they will start strikes.

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workers want to earn a good living, have decent health care and be safe on the job,” O’Brien said. “They are done with the disrespect and if

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keeps pushing them, they will push them to strike.”

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