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Illinois Amazon Drivers Strike, Demand Union Contract
A hundred drivers at an Amazon subcontractor in Skokie, Illinois, have organized with Teamsters Local 705 and are demanding that Amazon recognize and bargain with their union. Photo: Amazon Teamsters
https://labornotes.org/2024/06/illinois-amazon-drivers-strike-demand-union-contract
June 27, 2024 / Luis Feliz Leon
Amazon drivers at the DIL7 delivery station in Skokie, Illinois, struck June 26 over the company’s violations of federal labor laws.
A hundred drivers have organized with Teamsters Local 705 and are demanding that Amazon recognize and bargain with their union, after presenting cards signed by a majority of the workforce.
They’re nominally employed by a contractor, Four Star Express Delivery. But “every Amazon driver knows who our true employer is,” said driver Luke Cianciotto in a union statement. “We wear their uniforms and drive their trucks.”
Four Star Express is one of 2,500 “delivery service partners” that carry out package deliveries while Amazon retains full control. Amazon terminated the DSP’s contract on June 25, after giving workers two weeks’ notice.
FULL story at link above.