SKOKIE (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - Less than a week before Christmas, the Teamsters have gone on strike at Amazon facilities across the country.
Delivery drivers were seen Thursday morning marching in the cold as semis roll into this distribution facility on Howard, shouting things like “Amazon Prime…white collar crime.”
Driver Luke Cianciotto said they’re forced to choose between being safe and being fast.
“You have 500 plus packages on your truck in any given day…You got to move fast in order to deliver those packages, but they also have 5,000 different quantified measures and statistics for safety, so you’re compromising one of those things at any given time,” Cianciotto said.
The Teamsters accuse Amazon of refusing to negotiate with them and recognize their union.
Another driver told WBBM customers who may be waiting on Christmas gifts should try and help them put people over profits.
The company said the union is inflating how many workers it represents and coercing employees and third party drivers to join them.
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