Amazon Teamsters Extend Strike to Connecticut, Joined by Sen. Blumenthal

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https://teamster.org/2024/06/amazon-teamsters-extend-strike-to-connecticut-joined-by-sen-blumenthal/

2024.06.28

Workers Ramp Up Pressure Against Amazon’s Unfair Labor Practices

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(WINDSOR, Conn.) — Amazon delivery drivers represented by Teamsters Local 396 in Palmdale, California, extended their picket line Wednesday to the BDL4 Amazon fulfillment center in Windsor, Connecticut, to demand the e-commerce giant stop its unfair labor practices and bargain with the Teamsters Union to improve wages and address dangerous working conditions.

Joined by U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut State Senator Douglas McCrory, and State Representative Manny Sanchez, the Palmdale workers met with associates at the fulfillment center in Windsor to grow support for their fight to build power for Amazon workers all across the country. At the picket, the workers also called on Amazon to reinstate their jobs, recognize their union contract, and engage in collective bargaining with the Teamsters Union to increase pay and improve working conditions.

“I’ve never been prouder to walk with any group than these Amazon workers who are fighting for fair pay, safe working conditions, and respect. You deserve and you need a contract,” Blumenthal said. “Amazon is degrading its own people, putting profits ahead of people, and putting its stock price ahead of its workers. To Jeff Bezos: you can go down as the hero or villain in this piece, all you have to do is treat workers fairly. Give workers fair pay, safe working conditions, respect, and a contract. America is watching.”

“We’re called Amazon partners and we’re not considered Amazon employees, yet we wear their uniforms and we drive their vehicles,” said Deion Steppes, an Amazon delivery driver and Teamster from Palmdale. “What Amazon is doing is unfair and unjust. You are our employer and we are your employees.”

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