Amazon workers strike at multiple facilities as Teamsters seek labor contract

AP Business Writer

Workers at seven Amazon facilities are on strike. The Teamsters union says the workers joined picket lines on Thursday 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. Amazon says it doesn’t expect the labor action to impact its operations during the busy holiday shopping period. The strikes are taking place at seven delivery stations, where packages are prepared for delivery vehicles and then given to contractors who drop them off to customers. They include three locations in Southern California, and one each in New York City, Atlanta, Georgia, and Skokie, Illinois.