DCK6 Workers Are First-Ever Amazon
Warehouse Workers to Demand Recognition Outside of NLRB Election
Process
*Watch the announcement video
here*
SAN
FRANCISCO, Oct. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today,
over 100 Amazon workers at the company's DCK6 warehouse in
San Francisco, Calif., formed a
union with the Teamsters. The workers demanded union recognition
from Amazon with a "March on the Boss" held early this morning. The
DCK6 workers represent the first-ever group of Amazon warehouse
workers to demand union recognition outside of the National Labor
Relations Board (NLRB) election process.
"We here at DCK6 are incredibly proud to be joining the
Teamsters and taking Amazon workers' nationwide union effort to the
next level," said Dori Goldberg, an
Amazon DCK6 warehouse worker and Teamster in San Francisco. "This organizing drive isn't
about one worker or one warehouse – this is a ground-up movement to
ensure all Amazon workers are treated fairly and with respect.
Together, we're sending a clear message to Amazon that we will not
back down. We will continue to fight for what we deserve."
Amazon workers at DCK6 have been organizing with the Teamsters
since last year and are fighting for better pay, safe working
conditions, and a voice on the job. Many work part-time and are
denied basic benefits.
"Amazon workers at DCK6 handle thousands of packages every day.
We are essential to making sure that parents receive their baby
formula on time and families get their gifts by the holidays," said
Jocelyn Vargas, an Amazon DCK6
warehouse worker and Teamster in San
Francisco. "We need good pay and benefits to take care of
our families too. That's why we formed a union with the Teamsters.
We are essential workers, and it's time Amazon treats us that
way."
Today's announcement builds on the historic union momentum by
Amazon workers across the country who are organizing in droves to
improve their lives. Just last week, hundreds of Amazon drivers at
the company's DBK4 facility in Queens,
N.Y. formed a union with the Teamsters. Over
the summer, Amazon workers at KCVG, the company's largest
air hub in Kentucky, and KSBD, the
company's largest air facility on the West Coast, walked off the
job over Amazon's unfair labor practices. In June, Amazon Labor
Union members voted to affiliate with the Teamsters by a near
unanimous 98.3 percent in favor.
By joining together, Amazon workers nationwide are forcing
critical changes at the e-commerce giant. In response to growing
pressure by Amazon workers organizing with the Teamsters, the
company recently announced raises for Amazon warehouse workers and
Amazon drivers.
As DCK6 workers make historic inroads for Amazon warehouse
workers, Amazon drivers continue to build nationwide momentum and
pave the way for broader organizing wins. Amazon has long tried to
avoid responsibility for its drivers by setting up Delivery Service
Partners (DSPs) as their official employer. In August, Amazon
drivers in Palmdale, Calif.,
secured a monumental victory when National Labor Relations Board
Region 31 made a determination that Amazon is a joint employer of
its drivers, and therefore has a legal duty to recognize and
bargain with the Teamsters. This joint employer determination sets
a major precedent and is applicable to Amazon drivers who work
under similar conditions nationwide. Now Amazon will have to
recognize and bargain with the Teamsters at any Amazon DSP in the
country where a majority of the workers choose the Teamsters as
their bargaining representative. Meanwhile, Amazon Teamsters from
Palmdale and Skokie, Ill., are currently on strike and
extending their picket lines to facilities across the country.
Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters
represents 1.3 million hardworking people in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto
Rico. Visit Teamster.org for more information. Follow
us on Twitter @Teamsters and "like" us on Facebook at
Facebook.com/teamsters.
Contact:
Kara Deniz, (202)
497-6610
kdeniz@teamster.org
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SOURCE International Brotherhood of Teamsters