Skokie Amazon Delivery Drivers Authorize Holiday Strike, Seeking First Union Labor Contract

Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune: Business
Mon, 12/16/2024 - 5:40pm

Tracking that Amazon package? It may be delayed by a labor dispute. As the holiday shipping rush hits the home stretch, hundreds of workers at an Amazon delivery station in Skokie have voted to authorize a strike in an effort to reach their first union labor contract with the online retailing giant. The delivery drivers, who began organizing in June to join the Teamsters union, gave Amazon a Dec.

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