Teamsters members have been picketing outside the Amazon distribution center near Industrial Street this week as part of a national campaign to demand union recognition for workers who the giant company argues are not even employees.
The picket lines are designed to interfere with holiday deliveries: As Teamster President Sean O’Brien put it on X:
“If your package is delayed during 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 it. These greedy executives had every chance to show decency and respect for the people who make their obscene profits possible. Instead, they’ve pushed workers to the limit and now they’re paying the price. This strike is on them.”
From a San Francisco worker:…