Amazon warehouse workers across the US are on strike ahead of the holiday rush

“These greedy bosses had every opportunity 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. “Instead, they pushed the workers to the limit and now they are paying the price. This strike is on them.”

It was a record year for Amazon, according to the company’s third-quarter earnings report for the period from July to September increased by 55 percent compared to the same period of the previous year in 2024. A: press release Amazon chairman and CEO Andy Jassy said alongside the earnings report that the company is “excited about what we have in store for customers” for the holiday season expected In the 4th quarter, net sales will be between $181.5 and $188.5 billion.

“We have not seen any impact on our operations” from the strikes, Amazon spokeswoman Kelly Nantel said. Nantel also accused the Teamsters of harassing and intimidating Amazon employees.

At DBK4 in Queens, N.Y., hundreds of Amazon workers marched to the sidewalk in front of the parking garage exit, sometimes verbally confronting the exiting delivery drivers who crossed the picket line. Many delivery vans honked their horns in unison , as they lined up to leave the parking garage outside the protest Some of the workers who came held signs that read, “Amazon obeys the law.” Among the marchers were people who came out in solidarity, carrying signs representing the New York State Nurses Association and City University of New York (CUNY) students. :

Meanwhile, NYPD officers stood on the street, sometimes shouting and pushing workers off the sidewalk.Just after 9 a.m., the NYPD arrested a delivery driver who tried to get out of his delivery van just outside the parking lot and join the strikers. : Around 9:50 a.m., the NYPD announced over the loudspeaker that any worker standing on the road, would be arrested and charged with rioting. Shortly after, the NYPD arrested the Teamsters organizer, though it’s unclear if they were on the street. Eventually, police set up barricades outside the garage and began organizing Amazon loss prevention in person. with workers.