Illinois Amazon Drivers Just Went on Strike for a Contract

This week, Amazon drivers organized with the Teamsters in Skokie, Illinois, went on strike over the company’s violations of labor law. The workers are demanding Amazon recognize and bargain with their union.

Striking Amazon drivers walk the picket line in Skokie, Illinois, on June 26, 2024. (Teamsters / X)


Amazon drivers at the DIL7 delivery station in Skokie, Illinois, struck on June 26 over the company’s violations of federal labor laws.

A hundred drivers have organized with Teamsters Local 705 and are demanding that Amazon recognize and bargain with their union, after presenting cards signed by a majority of the workforce.

They’re nominally employed by a contractor, Four Star Express Delivery. But “every Amazon driver knows who our true employer is,” said driver Luke Cianciotto in a union statement. “We wear their uniforms and drive their trucks.”

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