Amazon workers strike at multiple facilities as Teamsters seek labor contract

The strikes happening Thursday are taking place at seven delivery stations, which are run by contractors who drop off packages to customers every day.

Teamsters General President Sean O'Brien said, 'Amazon is pushing its workers closer to the picket line by failing to show them the respect they have earned.'

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters claims it represents nearly 10,000 workers at 10 Amazon facilities, a small portion of the 800,000 workers employed in the company's U.S. warehouses.

The union called it the largest strike against the company in U.S. history, although Amazon said it did not expect the labor action to impact its operations.

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