Teamsters, Lawmakers Demand Amazon Stop Illegal Union Busting

https://teamster.org/2024/07/teamsters-lawmakers-demand-amazon-stop-illegal-union-busting/

2024.07.02

Illinois House Delegation Stands with Delivery Drivers on Strike Against Amazon ULPs

Press Contact: Kara Deniz Phone: (202) 497-6610 Email: kdeniz@teamster.org

(WASHINGTON) — A coalition of Illinois lawmakers are joining the Teamsters in demanding that Amazon respect federal labor laws and stop committing unfair labor practices against its delivery drivers in Skokie, Illinois.

Representatives Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), Chuy García (D-Ill.), and Nikki Budzinski (D-Ill.), sent an oversight letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy today expressing concern over the company’s unlawful retaliation against Delivery Service Partner (DSP) drivers employed at its DIL7 delivery station.

“Amazon delivery drivers organizing with the Teamsters are courageously taking on one of the biggest corporate giants on the planet,” said Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien. “Instead of respecting workers’ rights to organize, Amazon responds with bullying and lawbreaking—once again proving exactly what Teamsters have been saying about this company’s exploitative DSP program. But Amazon drivers in Skokie refuse to be intimidated by the white-collar criminals running this company. The Teamsters Union appreciates the support of elected officials who are showing real backbone against Corporate America by standing with these brave workers.”

In their oversight letter to Jassy, lawmakers demand that Amazon respect workers’ rights under the National Labor Relations Act to organize for better wages and working conditions. The letter cites a litany of unfair labor practice (ULP) charges against Amazon, including its implementation of a hiring freeze at the DIL7 facility in response to union activity and illegally surveilling and terminating workers for attempting to organize a union.

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