Workers have been demanding union contracts that, among other things, increase their wages, improve their benefits, and address concerns over their working conditions and safety measures.
‘These greedy executives had every chance to show decency and respect for the people who make their obscene profits possible,’ Teamsters general president Sean M. O'Brien said in a public statement.
In the days since the December 15 deadline passed, nine of the 10 Amazon warehouses that are unionized through the Teamsters voted to authorize a strike.
A recent Senate report said that Amazon's obsession with 'speed and productivity' produced working environments with 'systemic safety failures and high rates of injury,' charges that the company disputes.
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