New York, NY – Amazon workers at Delivery Stations across the country continue to organize and join the Teamsters.
Nearly 10,000 Amazon workers joined the Teamsters in 2024. But the company has refused to recognize their union or come to the bargaining table. Last December, Amazon Teamsters responded to the company with a strike in nine cities.
Amazon continues an aggresive union-busting strategy. The company recently fired over 150 drivers who joined the Teamsters last year. Amazon claims the firings in Queens were not retaliation. Their excuse? They didn’t “fire” anyone—they just cut contracts with a Delivery Service Provider (DSP), Cornucopia, a subcontractor Amazon claims is the real employer of the driver.
But it’s all a phony shell game. Drivers wear Amazon uniforms, follow Amazon rules, and work off Amazon’s routing software. Amazon is the employer and everyone knows it.
Amazon Teamsters continue to demonstrate with labor and community supporters in New York City to protest union-busting at the DBK4 delivery station in Quuens. Workers at DBKA regularly participate in rallies and demonstrations while their jobs are threatened by Amazon.
“Amazon is breaking the law and we let the public know it,” said Antonio Rosario, Local 804 member and Teamster organizer. “Amazon workers will continue to organize and fight for what they deserve.”
Teamsters Local 804 has taken a lead in organizing Amazon workers in New York City particularly at the DBK4 delivery station in Queens, NY. This IBT local is coordinating rallies, demonstrations, and strikes to support Amazon workers. Local 804 and Teamsters Joint Council 16 are working closely with the national Teamsters organization advocating for legislation to improve worker protections in New York.
