Strikers hold signs during a strike at Skokie (DIL7) Amazon Delivery station in Skokie, Ill., Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Workers at seven Amazon facilities went on strike Thursday, an effort by the Teamsters union to pressure the e-commerce company for a labor agreement during a key shopping period.
The Teamsters said the workers, who voted to authorize strikes in recent days, joined picket lines after Amazon ignored a Sunday deadline the union set for contract negotiations. The union called it the largest strike yet against the company in the U.S., although Amazon said it did not expect the labor action to impact its operations…