Amazon strike: Will it affect your packages?

Truck Drivers Union Amazon issued a warning Thursday that holiday packages could be delayed as thousands of Amazon workers joined picket lines to fight for a fair union contract that guarantees wages, health care and safety.

However, Amazon told FOX Business it does not Expect no impact on operations.

Amazon Teamsters at seven facilities in Skokie, Illinois; New York City; atlanta; San Francisco; The union said in a press release that Southern California is participating in the “largest strike” against the trillion-dollar company in American history. Workers at other facilities are ready to join them.

“If your package is late over the holidays, you can blame Amazon’s insatiable greed. We gave Amazon a clear deadline to come to the table and do right by our members. They ignored that,” said Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien. “. In a statement.

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Although the Teamsters union says it represents about 10,000 people across 10 Amazon facilities in the United States, Amazon said it does not recognize the workers’ affiliation with the union.

This is “an attempt to push a false narrative,” Amazon spokeswoman Kelly Nantel told FOX Business in a statement.

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“Team members continued to intentionally mislead the public — claiming to represent ‘thousands of Amazon employees and drivers.’ “They do not,” Nantel said, adding that “Team members have threatened, intimidated, and attempted to coerce Amazon employees and third-party drivers to join them, which is “It is illegal and is the subject of several pending cases.” Unfair labor practice fees Against the Union.”

The strike began after team members at Amazon’s DCK6 facility in San Francisco voted to allow a strike in their fight for union recognition and a fair contract.

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The Teamsters said it has set a Dec. 15 deadline for the company to negotiate a labor agreement.

The union also alleged that more than 20 bargaining units, representing nearly 9,000 employees, had successfully organized and that the company was “threatening, intimidating and coercing its workers by unleashing union busters to attack facilities.”

Fox News’ Elizabeth Pritchett contributed to this report.