卡车司机们表示，工人们将于周四上午开始在全国范围内的亚马逊工厂罢工——工会称之为罢工最大的罢工不到一周前与网上购物巨头的对抗圣诞节.
卡车司机说，罢工将于周四早些时候在几个工厂开始，包括在纽约市，亚特兰大，南加州三个地点，旧金山一个，伊利诺伊州斯科基一个。
此外，卡车司机们表示，当地工会还将在全国数百个亚马逊履约中心设立主要纠察线。
在一份新闻稿中，该工会称之为“美国历史上针对亚马逊的最大规模罢工”，并表示这是在亚马逊拒绝与卡车司机组织的工人谈判之后发生的。
“如果你的包裹在假期被延误，你可以责怪亚马逊贪得无厌的贪婪，”卡车司机工会主席肖恩·m·奥布莱恩在一份声明中说。“我们给了亚马逊一个明确的最后期限，让它来到谈判桌前，为我们的会员做正确的事情。他们置之不理。”
在给ABC新闻的一份声明中，亚马逊发言人表示，卡车司机非法胁迫工人加入工会。
“一年多来，卡车司机继续故意误导公众——声称他们代表‘数千名亚马逊员工和司机’。他们没有，这是又一次试图推动错误的叙述，”亚马逊发言人凯利·南特尔说。“事实是，卡车司机积极威胁、恐吓并试图胁迫亚马逊员工和第三方司机加入他们，这是非法的，也是针对工会的多项未决不公平劳动行为指控的主题。”
这位发言人说，该公司已经将履行中心和运输员工的最低工资提高了20%，并在9月份将平均基本工资提高到每小时22美元。
在几个亚马逊工厂的工人授权罢工后，卡车司机宣布罢工。
卡车司机们表示，全国近10，000名亚马逊工人加入了工会。
纽约市斯塔滕岛的工厂是亚马逊有史以来第一个工会仓库。那里的工人说公司拒绝承认该联盟并在那里的工人投票决定在2022年成立工会后谈判一份合同。
国家劳工关系委员会正式认证了代表工厂工人的工会，但亚马逊对这一裁决提出了上诉。
Teamsters begin 'largest strike' against Amazon, accusing company of 'insatiable greed'
The Teamsters said workers will begin striking at Amazon facilities across the country Thursday morning -- in what the union callsthe largest strikeagainst the online shopping giant less than a week beforeChristmas.
The Teamsters said the strike will begin early Thursday at several facilities, including inNew York City, Atlanta, three locations in Southern California, one in San Francisco and one in Skokie, Illinois.
In addition, the Teamsters said local unions would also put up primary picket lines at hundreds of Amazon Fulfillment Centers nationwide.
In a news release, the union calls it the "largest strike against Amazon in U.S. history" and says it comes after Amazon has refused to bargain with workers organized with the Teamsters.
"If your package is delayed during the holidays, you can blame Amazon's insatiable greed," said Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien in a statement. "We gave Amazon a clear deadline to come to the table and do right by our members. They ignored it."
In a statement to ABC News, an Amazon spokesperson said the Teamsters have illegally coerced workers to join the union.
"For more than a year now, the Teamsters have continued to intentionally mislead the public – claiming that they represent 'thousands of Amazon employees and drivers'. They don't, and this is another attempt to push a false narrative," Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel said. "The truth is that the Teamsters have actively threatened, intimidated, and attempted to coerce Amazon employees and third-party drivers to join them, which is illegal and is the subject of multiple pending unfair labor practice charges against the union."
The spokesperson said the company has increased the starting minimum wage for workers in fulfillment centers and transportation employees by 20% and in September increased average base wage to $22 per hour.
The announced strike by the Teamsters comes after workers at several Amazon facilities authorized the walkout.
The Teamsters said nearly 10,000 Amazon workers across the country have joined the union.
The facility in New York City's Staten Island was Amazon's first-ever unionized warehouse. Workers there have said the companyhas refused to recognize the unionand negotiate a contract after workers there voted to unionize in 2022.
The National Labor Relations Board officially certified the union representing workers at the facility, but Amazon has appealed that ruling.
