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ALU,
the only union formally representing Amazon.com's warehouse
workers in the United States, had agreed to join Teamsters
earlier this month, pending a vote by its members.
WHY IT'S IMPORTANT
Joining forces with Teamsters, a 1.3 million-member group and
one of the largest U.S. labor unions, gives the ALU more
resources and stronger representation to negotiate contracts
with the company.
KEY QUOTE
"The Teamsters and ALU will fight fearlessly to ensure Amazon
workers secure the good jobs and safe working conditions they
deserve in a union contract," Teamsters General President Sean
O'Brien said.
CONTEXT
ALU won a landmark victory in April 2022 after workers at
Amazon's JFK8 facility in the New York City borough of Staten
Island voted to join the union, a first for the company in the
United States.
Teamsters, which created an internal Amazon division in 2021,
was also instrumental in helping U.S. workers at United Parcel
Service secure a more favorable contract last year.
WHAT'S NEXT
ALU-International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Local 1, which
will be newly chartered, will represent the roughly 5,500 Amazon
warehouse workers at JFK8 and will have jurisdiction for Amazon
warehouse workers across New York's five boroughs, the statement
said.
(Reporting by Yuvraj Malik in Bengaluru; Editing by Devika
Syamnath)
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