Teamsters Win Right to Picket Amazon at Critical Midwest Air Hub

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https://teamster.org/2024/08/teamsters-win-right-to-picket-amazon-at-critical-midwest-air-hub/

2024.08.07

Federal Judge Rules for Union as Amazon Teamsters Campaign Grows Stronger

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(ERLANGER, Ky.) – The International Brotherhood of Teamsters scored a key victory in the union’s national fight to organize workers at Amazon after a federal judge ruled the Teamsters are allowed to picket the massive Amazon Air Hub without interference at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.

The air cargo hub, known as KCVG, shares the same property with DHL, home to thousands of ramp and tug and sort workers actively organizing and winning contracts with the Teamsters.

The US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky said Wednesday that the Kenton County Airport Board, which controls KCVG, could not restrict workers’ right to free speech. The same board had earlier blocked demonstrations by the Teamsters against Amazon, prompting the union’s request for an injunction.

“This is a significant victory for Amazon workers in Northern Kentucky and around the country who are sick of being silenced by this trillion-dollar corporation. Amazon workers everywhere are coming together to become Teamsters and win the rights and protections they deserve,” said Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien. “You can be sure the Teamsters will carry this precedent to other communities around the country where Amazon is exploiting loopholes and breaking laws to take advantage of workers and inflate its bottom line. Our union of 1.3 million hardworking members applaud the court for doing the right thing in this case.”

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