Amazon Teamsters in NYC have voted to authorize a strike

Workers at a Staten Island, New York Amazon warehouse voted on Friday to authorize a strike if the company doesn’t agree to set dates for contract negotiations. The workers are asking Amazon to recognize the union and bargain for safer working conditions and better wages, threatening the possibility of a strike during one of Amazon’s busiest times of the year.

Teamsters general president Sean O’Brien says in a press release that Amazon must agree to bargaining dates by December 15th...