Days after the International Brotherhood of Teamsters announced a strike against Amazon that threatens to disrupt the holiday shopping season, workers at a massive facility in Staten Island, New York , have joined the strikers, demanding better pay and safer working conditions.
The Staten Island Amazon facility, known as JFK8, employs more than 5,000 workers, and about 100 of them joined the picket line early Saturday, who were flanked by New York Attorney General Letitia James.
James came out in support of the workers, saying “the law is on your side” and that “Amazon can’t just share the benefits of your hard work at the top. They need to make sure that you are being paid.”…