Dozens of workers who drive for Amazon in California staged the country’s first driver walkout this week, demanding that Amazon bargain with their union.
The workers are delivery drivers and dispatchers at Battle-Tested Strategies, which is subcontracted by Amazon and located in Palmdale, California, which is just north of Los Angeles.The workers organized a union with the Teamsters in April and negotiated and ratified a contract with the union, but the Teamsters said that despite the “absolute control” Amazon wields over the drivers, it has refused to honor the union contract.
The spokeswoman said that workers were notified that their contract was expiring on April 14 and that they announced the unionization push later that month. Their contract is set to expire on June 24. The Amazon Labor Union was behind the drive in Staten Island. While Amazon has a companywide $15 minimum wage, compared to New York City’s $11 minimum wage, workers on Staten Island had hoped to unionize to address not just pay but other matters as well.
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