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Amazon Labor Union Looks Set to Affiliate With the Teamsters

By
Luis Feliz Leon

This week, the Amazon Labor Union and the Teamsters announced an agreement to affiliate. If ratified, the agreement would charter a new New York City local, Amazon Labor Union No. 1, International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Demonstrators Attend Amazon Labor Union And Secure Jobs NYC Protest

Demonstrators during an Amazon Labor Union rally outside an Amazon warehouse in the Staten Island borough of New York, US, on April 11, 2023. (Paul Frangipane / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The Amazon Labor Union (ALU) and the Teamsters have signed an affiliation agreement.

“Today is an historical day for labor in America as we now combine forces with one of the most powerful unions to take on Amazon together,” wrote ALU President Chris Smalls on Twitter/X. “We’re putting Amazon on notice that we are coming!”

Smalls and Teamsters president Sean O’Brien signed the agreement on June 3, according to a copy I obtained.

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