The Teamsters’ Amazon “Strikes”: a Critical Assessment

Screen shot from the Teamsters Facebook page.

The Teamsters’ five day long strike against Amazon ended inconclusively, but the union hinted at future actions with “Stay tuned.” Beginning on Thursday, December 19, the Teamsters called strikes in response to the failure of Amazon to meet the union’ s demand to come to the bargaining table four days earlier. The Teamsters declared that it was “the largest strike in Amazon’s history.” The union’s General President Sean O’Brien said in an official...