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Omaha Steve

(107,102 posts)
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 10:44 AM Sep 17

Amazon Teamsters Rally After Attack on Workers in Queens




https://teamster.org/2025/09/amazon-teamsters-rally-after-attack-on-workers-in-queens/

New Yorkers Demand Amazon Bring Back Terminated Union Members

Press Contact: Matt McQuaid Phone: (771) 241-0015 Email: mmcquaid@teamster.org

(NEW YORK) – Teamsters and supporters rallied today at Amazon’s DBK4 facility in Queens following the company’s sudden and illegal firing over one hundred of its unionized drivers.

“When normal people break the law, they go to jail. When Amazon executives do it, they get rewarded,” said Randy Korgan, Director of the Teamsters Amazon Division. “Amazon’s crime spree has gone on long enough. The Teamsters are fully prepared to put these crooks in their place if they don’t reinstate our brothers and sisters at DBK4.”

Amazon tries to dodge responsibility for its drivers through its sham “Delivery Service Partner” (DSP) program. Drivers wear Amazon uniforms, deliver Amazon packages, and drive Amazon trucks, but the company claims to not employ them. Last year, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that Amazon is a joint employer for its DSP drivers and has a legal obligation to recognize and bargain with them when they join the Teamsters.

“Amazon would be nothing without its workers. We’re the ones who power their profits. We’re the ones who put our health and safety on the line every single day. We’re the ones who made them a $2 trillion corporation,” said Latrice Shadae Johnson, a driver at Amazon DBK4 and member of Teamsters Local 804. “If Amazon thinks we’re going to take this lying down, they have another thing coming. Our solidarity is only growing stronger. And know this: Amazon Teamsters will come out on top.”

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Amazon Teamsters Rally After Attack on Workers in Queens (Original Post) Omaha Steve Sep 17 OP
Not my problem. They wouldn't stand up for Harris in November. Justice Brandeis Sep 17 #1
It isn't the workers that you should have a problem with Omaha Steve Sep 17 #2

Omaha Steve

(107,102 posts)
2. It isn't the workers that you should have a problem with
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 06:16 PM
Sep 17

It is the President of the Teamsters. Over 70% of the locals endorsed Harris.
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