Amazon Labor Strife Update: Over 1,000 California Amazon Workers Join Teamsters; Demand Immediate Bargaining With Management. Wow!

This is our monthly item, on the mess that Mr. Bezos has made of his labor relations, over two decades, by thinking of himself as some 19^th Century railroad-, or mining- robber-baron. He has so badly overplayed his hand, as to now face perhaps decades of wickedly expensive labor strife -- on nearly 1.5 million workers he employs, directly or indirectly. Yikes.

The latest? The Teamsters today announced that over 1,000 Amazon team members have joined the union in San Bernadino, California.

. . .Over 1,000 Amazon workers at the company’s KSBD air hub in Southern California have formed a union with the Teamsters and demanded union recognition with a “March on the Boss” held this morning. The KSBD warehouse in San Bernardino is a crucial hub in Amazon’s logistics network and the largest air facility on the West Coast.

Today’s announcement comes on the heels of the Teamsters notifying Amazon of a December 15 deadline to follow the law and agree to bargaining dates for a union contract, on behalf of thousands of Amazon delivery drivers and warehouse workers who have organized with the Teamsters nationwide.

The San Bernardino workers launched their union drive to organize with the 1.3 million-member Teamsters in November. Now, they join thousands of Amazon workers across California, Illinois, Georgia, and New York in unionizing with the Teamsters to take on the e-commerce giant in an unprecedented, coast-to-coast organizing wave.

“As Amazon prepares to rake in record profits this holiday season, it’s time Amazon workers get our fair share, and that’s exactly why we’re joining the Teamsters,” said Maggie Perez, an air hub worker at KSBD. “Every day we’re on the job, we’re breaking our bodies to get packages out on time and to keep Amazon customers happy. In return, all we’re asking for is livable wages, fair treatment, and respect. For a company worth trillions of dollars, that should be the bare minimum. . . .”

Messrs. Musk, and Tangerine. . . too, should take note: "We, the people" -- the real Americans -- will never let you solicit bribes, in the form of "make a $1 billion investment -- in US business" that would purport to let foreign (even "fren-emy"?) actors / oligarchs skirt all the EPA, SEC and federal labor laws.

Never -- even if, by some miracle, the US Chamber of Commerce didn't sue -- saying that all the fine upstanding US businesses that have ALWAYS complied with all laws are being put out of business by this move. Damn. Bezos and Musk -- what a pair of. . . putzes.

Onward.

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