Amazon Drivers in Queens Join Teamsters

Amazon drivers across three Delivery Service Partners (DSPs) in New York City are demanding Amazon recognize their union and negotiate a Teamsters contract. The workers announced that a majority of drivers at each of the DSPs have signed authorization cards to organize with the Teamsters Union and delivered the demand to Amazon Monday morning. The hundreds of Amazon drivers all operate out of the DBK4 Amazon delivery warehouse in Queens.

For over a year, the Queens-based drivers have been organizing for better working conditions and fair pay, including walking off the job last December against Amazon’s union-busting tactics and unfair labor practices. The drivers have been outspoken in their demands for consistent schedules, properly maintained trucks, and reasonable workloads.

“We’re proud to join the growing movement of Amazon Teamsters who are ready to fight alongside our union brothers and sisters for what we deserve,” said David Colon, an Amazon driver from DBK4 in Queens. “For too long, we have been demanding better pay and working conditions from Amazon while they have tried to dodge responsibility for us. Those days are over, and we’re ready to fight like hell with the Teamsters to get what we deserve. What’s right is right and what’s wrong is wrong.” Read more here, in Labor Notes, and in The American Prospect, and check out video of the workers here.