Connor Spence - ALU

Four years ago today, Amazon workers made history at JFK8. We proved that even one of the most powerful corporations in the world can be challenged by workers standing together. Today, the NLRB has once again affirmed that Amazon must recognize our union and negotiate.

We’re heartbroken over the loss of one of our coworkers. Our deepest condolences go out to their loved ones. This tragic loss of life was preventable, and we demand transparency to know what went wrong in the process so we can push for real solutions that prioritize our safety.

Breaking: Teamsters Local 804 organizer Anthony Rosario, a veteran of the 1997 UPS strike, was arrested at the Amazon picket line. Upon release, he embraces Amazon driver Jogernsyn Cardenas. A worker off-camera says how their release shows Amazon won’t instill fear in them.

Some dystopian anti-union propaganda at Amazon

BREAKING NEWS: The Amazon Labor Union has fully and officially completed its affiliation with the Teamsters Union, following a ruling on Thursday from the National Labor Relations Board rejecting outstanding objections by Amazon.   ALU members at Amazon’s JFK8 fulfillment center voted this summer by over 98% to affiliate with the Teamsters.   The ruling further establishes ALU-IBT Local 1, a newly chartered local union of the Teamsters, as the representative for 5,500 Amazon warehouse workers at JFK8 on Staten Island. Local 1 will have jurisdiction to organize and represent Amazon workers throughout New York’s five boroughs — and will carry the full power and resources of the 1.3 million-member Teamsters Union to take on the trillion-dollar corporation.   The decision by the NLRB arrives just hours before Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien, U.S. Congressman Adam Schiff, rank-and-file Amazon Teamsters, UPS Teamsters, and other supporters and legislators rally in California to hold Amazon accountable to the hundreds of thousands of delivery drivers and warehouse workers it employs.   Watch live the “Amazon Teamsters Day of Solidarity” Rally starting at 6:45pm ET / 3:45pm PT!

ALU-IBT LOCAL 1 REPRESENTATIVES TAKE OATH OF OFFICE IN D.C. Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien on Thursday officially swore in the newly elected officers of the historic ALU-IBT Local 1. The new Executive Board of the freshly chartered Teamsters local union in New York will represent more than 5,500 workers at Amazon’s JFK8 facility on Staten Island. ALU-IBT Local 1 will have jurisdiction throughout New York’s five boroughs. The local union representatives were elected on July 30. Earlier this summer, 98 percent of Amazon Labor Union members in New York resoundingly voted to affiliate with the Teamsters to help build worker power and take on Amazon nationwide. ALU-IBT Local 1 representatives include President Connor Spence, Vice President Brima Sylla, Secretary-Treasurer Kathleen Cole, and Recording Secretary Sultana Hossain. They proudly took the oath of office at Teamsters headquarters in Washington, DC.