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(NEW YORK) – Today, Teamsters were joined by the National Employment Law Project (NELP), the Action Lab, and the Alliance for a Greater New York (ALIGN) in releasing a report exposing Amazon as the leading violator of the New York State Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (NY WARN) Act. The union simultaneously filed a complaint with the New York Department of Labor over Amazon’s WARN Act violations, demanding that the Office of the Commissioner of Labor investigate Amazon’s control of its third-party contractors, or Delivery Service Partners (DSPs), and the company’s failure to follow the law. Amazon uses DSPs as shell corporations to shield itself from the legal responsibility the company owes to its workforce. “This is yet another reason why Amazon is a parasitic white-collar crime syndicate,” said Randy Korgan, Director of the Teamsters Amazon Division. “Jeff Bezos, Andy Jassy, and the rest of the crooks who run this company can’t find a labor law that they don’t want to violate, but the Teamsters have bad news for Amazon: the law has a way of catching up with you.” Most DSPs have Amazon as their only “customer,” so when Amazon terminates a contract, the entire DSP shuts down. The NY WARN Act requires private employers with more than 50 workers in the state to either provide severance or give workers at least 90 days advance written notice before mass layoffs affecting 25 people or more. “Amazon sells itself to communities as a ‘job creator,’ but today’s revelations should dispel that notion completely,” said Tom Gesualdi, President of Teamsters Joint Council 16. “In reality, Amazon has killed more jobs in the logistics industry than any other company in New York. The Teamsters and our allies will not allow Amazon to continue harming its workers or our communities with its illegal actions.” The report demonstrates that since 2018, Amazon has closed 35 DSPs in the state, resulting in the loss of over 3,500 jobs. Amazon’s job-killing makes up an outsized percentage of layoffs across New York’s entire transportation and warehousing industry. A full 25 percent of all workers laid off in the industry since 2023 have been Amazon drivers. A majority of Amazon drivers never received the advance notice required by law, and Amazon may owe as much as $11 million in back wages. "I worked for two DSPs that Amazon closed without enough notice or severance, leaving me and my family stranded,” said Maria Degante, who worked at Amazon’s DBK4 location in Queens. “But we aren't going away quietly. My co-workers and I are organizing to demand that Amazon pay us what we are owed and pass the Delivery Protection Act at the New York City Council, so this never happens to another driver." The Delivery Protection Act, which Teamsters and their allies are campaigning to pass in New York City, which would end Amazon’s subcontracting shell game and force the company to directly hire its drivers. “This report, which shows frequent mass layoffs and WARN Act violations at Amazon’s captive DSPs, highlights that they are not bona fide independent businesses but pawns of a giant corporation that needs to be held accountable for their operations,” said Paul Sonn, State Policy Program Director at NELP. “New York City’s proposed Delivery Protection Act would do just that — and the city council should act swiftly to approve it.” “Amazon uses and abuses workers, then throws them away. And guess what: the DSPs Amazon claims to protect are no less vulnerable,” said Daisy Chung, ALIGN Campaigns Director. “Today’s report adds to the pile of evidence that Amazon will put profit over people every time, even if they have to kill jobs, hurt workers, and destroy communities to do it. We need the Delivery Protection Act now to demand justice for Amazon workers and force a trillion-dollar company to answer for their harms.” “This new data shows that Amazon is disproportionately behind sudden, permanent closures in the transportation and warehousing sector in New York — and it’s happening again and again,” said Irene Tung, Director of Program and Policy at the Action Lab. “The company is using a shell game to lay off delivery drivers without giving them notice as required under the law, then leaving them to fight for backpay they’re often never able to collect. The Delivery Protection Act is urgently needed to make Amazon directly accountable to the drivers whose livelihoods it controls. New York must investigate this pattern, and the City Council must move swiftly to pass this common-sense reform.” Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents over 1.3 million hardworking people in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. Visit Teamster.org for more information. Follow us on X @Teamsters and on Facebook at Facebook.com/teamsters. ### The post Teamsters, Allies Release Report on Amazon Violations of New York WARN Act appeared first on International Brotherhood of Teamsters.Continue reading→

(NEW YORK) – Today, Teamsters were joined by the National Employment Law Project (NELP), the Action Lab, and the Alliance for a Greater New York (ALIGN) in releasing a report exposing Amazon as the leading violator of the New York State Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (NY WARN) Act. The union simultaneously filed a complaint with the New York Department of Labor over Amazon’s WARN Act violations, demanding that the Office of the Commissioner of Labor investigate Amazon’s control of its third-party contractors, or Delivery Service Partners (DSPs), and the company’s failure to follow the law. Amazon uses DSPs as shell corporations to shield itself from the legal responsibility the company owes to its workforce. “This is yet another reason why Amazon is a parasitic white-collar crime syndicate,” said Randy Korgan, Director of the Teamsters Amazon Division. “Jeff Bezos, Andy Jassy, and the rest of the crooks who run this company can’t find a labor law that they don’t want to violate, but the Teamsters have bad news for Amazon: the law has a way of catching up with you.” Most DSPs have Amazon as their only “customer,” so when Amazon terminates a contract, the entire DSP shuts down. The NY WARN Act requires private employers with more than 50 workers in the state to either provide severance or give workers at least 90 days advance written notice before mass layoffs affecting 25 people or more. “Amazon sells itself to communities as a ‘job creator,’ but today’s revelations should dispel that notion completely,” said Tom Gesualdi, President of Teamsters Joint Council 16. “In reality, Amazon has killed more jobs in the logistics industry than any other company in New York. The Teamsters and our allies will not allow Amazon to continue harming its workers or our communities with its illegal actions.” The report demonstrates that since 2018, Amazon has closed 35 DSPs in the state, resulting in the loss of over 3,500 jobs. Amazon’s job-killing makes up an outsized percentage of layoffs across New York’s entire transportation and warehousing industry. A full 25 percent of all workers laid off in the industry since 2023 have been Amazon drivers. A majority of Amazon drivers never received the advance notice required by law, and Amazon may owe as much as $11 million in back wages. "I worked for two DSPs that Amazon closed without enough notice or severance, leaving me and my family stranded,” said Maria Degante, who worked at Amazon’s DBK4 location in Queens. “But we aren't going away quietly. My co-workers and I are organizing to demand that Amazon pay us what we are owed and pass the Delivery Protection Act at the New York City Council, so this never happens to another driver." The Delivery Protection Act, which Teamsters and their allies are campaigning to pass in New York City, which would end Amazon’s subcontracting shell game and force the company to directly hire its drivers. “This report, which shows frequent mass layoffs and WARN Act violations at Amazon’s captive DSPs, highlights that they are not bona fide independent businesses but pawns of a giant corporation that needs to be held accountable for their operations,” said Paul Sonn, State Policy Program Director at NELP. “New York City’s proposed Delivery Protection Act would do just that — and the city council should act swiftly to approve it.” “Amazon uses and abuses workers, then throws them away. And guess what: the DSPs Amazon claims to protect are no less vulnerable,” said Daisy Chung, ALIGN Campaigns Director. “Today’s report adds to the pile of evidence that Amazon will put profit over people every time, even if they have to kill jobs, hurt workers, and destroy communities to do it. We need the Delivery Protection Act now to demand justice for Amazon workers and force a trillion-dollar company to answer for their harms.” “This new data shows that Amazon is disproportionately behind sudden, permanent closures in the transportation and warehousing sector in New York — and it’s happening again and again,” said Irene Tung, Director of Program and Policy at the Action Lab. “The company is using a shell game to lay off delivery drivers without giving them notice as required under the law, then leaving them to fight for backpay they’re often never able to collect. The Delivery Protection Act is urgently needed to make Amazon directly accountable to the drivers whose livelihoods it controls. New York must investigate this pattern, and the City Council must move swiftly to pass this common-sense reform.” Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents over 1.3 million hardworking people in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. Visit Teamster.org for more information. Follow us on X @Teamsters and on Facebook at Facebook.com/teamsters. ### The post Teamsters, Allies Release Report on Amazon Violations of New York WARN Act appeared first on International Brotherhood of Teamsters.Continue reading→

(CAMP HILL, Penn.) – Today, the Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters announced its endorsements in Pennsylvania’s 2026 congressional and gubernatorial races, backing Josh Shapiro for governor and a bipartisan slate of candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives who have demonstrated their commitment to workers’ rights and advancing the Faster Labor Contracts Act (FLCA). The Conference endorsed for the U.S. House of Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (R-1st District), Brendan Boyle (D-2nd District), Madeleine Dean (D-4th District), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-5th District), Chrissy Houlahan (D-6th District), Bob Brooks (D-7th District), Robert Bresnahan (R-8th District), Janelle Stelson (D-10th District), Summer Lee (D-12th District), and Chris Deluzio (D-17th District). “The Teamsters Union has made it clear that we will only support elected officials who support workers — regardless of political party affiliation,” said Bill Hamilton, President of the Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters. “Our endorsements this election cycle are going to those who have shown initiative and action and not just provided lip service. Pennsylvania Teamsters are eager to continue to build our bipartisan coalition in Washington, D.C. and Harrisburg to address the issues most important to workers throughout the Commonwealth.” In addition to issuing federal endorsements for candidates who have voted for or committed, if elected, to voting for the FLCA, the Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters has thrown their support behind Governor Josh Shapiro’s re-election. During his first term, Shapiro has stood with Teamsters, worked across the aisle to deliver for all Pennsylvania workers, and deserves to be re-elected to continue his agenda. The Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters represents over 90,000 hardworking men and women in a wide variety of industries throughout the Commonwealth. For more information, go to pacfteamsters.com/. The post Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters Announce 2026 Endorsements appeared first on International Brotherhood of Teamsters.Continue reading→

(CAMP HILL, Penn.) – Today, the Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters announced its endorsements in Pennsylvania’s 2026 congressional and gubernatorial races, backing Josh Shapiro for governor and a bipartisan slate of candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives who have demonstrated their commitment to workers’ rights and advancing the Faster Labor Contracts Act (FLCA). The Conference endorsed for the U.S. House of Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (R-1st District), Brendan Boyle (D-2nd District), Madeleine Dean (D-4th District), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-5th District), Chrissy Houlahan (D-6th District), Bob Brooks (D-7th District), Robert Bresnahan (R-8th District), Janelle Stelson (D-10th District), Summer Lee (D-12th District), and Chris Deluzio (D-17th District). “The Teamsters Union has made it clear that we will only support elected officials who support workers — regardless of political party affiliation,” said Bill Hamilton, President of the Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters. “Our endorsements this election cycle are going to those who have shown initiative and action and not just provided lip service. Pennsylvania Teamsters are eager to continue to build our bipartisan coalition in Washington, D.C. and Harrisburg to address the issues most important to workers throughout the Commonwealth.” In addition to issuing federal endorsements for candidates who have voted for or committed, if elected, to voting for the FLCA, the Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters has thrown their support behind Governor Josh Shapiro’s re-election. During his first term, Shapiro has stood with Teamsters, worked across the aisle to deliver for all Pennsylvania workers, and deserves to be re-elected to continue his agenda. The Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters represents over 90,000 hardworking men and women in a wide variety of industries throughout the Commonwealth. For more information, go to pacfteamsters.com/. The post Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters Announce 2026 Endorsements appeared first on International Brotherhood of Teamsters.Continue reading→

(CAMP HILL, Penn.) – Today, the Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters announced its endorsements in Pennsylvania’s 2026 congressional and gubernatorial races, backing Josh Shapiro for governor and a bipartisan slate of candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives who have demonstrated their commitment to workers’ rights and advancing the Faster Labor Contracts Act (FLCA). The Conference endorsed for the U.S. House of Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (R-1st District), Brendan Boyle (D-2nd District), Madeleine Dean (D-4th District), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-5th District), Chrissy Houlahan (D-6th District), Bob Brooks (D-7th District), Robert Bresnahan (R-8th District), Janelle Stelson (D-10th District), Summer Lee (D-12th District), and Chris Deluzio (D-17th District). “The Teamsters Union has made it clear that we will only support elected officials who support workers — regardless of political party affiliation,” said Bill Hamilton, President of the Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters. “Our endorsements this election cycle are going to those who have shown initiative and action and not just provided lip service. Pennsylvania Teamsters are eager to continue to build our bipartisan coalition in Washington, D.C. and Harrisburg to address the issues most important to workers throughout the Commonwealth.” In addition to issuing federal endorsements for candidates who have voted for or committed, if elected, to voting for the FLCA, the Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters has thrown their support behind Governor Josh Shapiro’s re-election. During his first term, Shapiro has stood with Teamsters, worked across the aisle to deliver for all Pennsylvania workers, and deserves to be re-elected to continue his agenda. The Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters represents over 90,000 hardworking men and women in a wide variety of industries throughout the Commonwealth. For more information, go to pacfteamsters.com/. The post Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters Announce 2026 Endorsements appeared first on International Brotherhood of Teamsters.Continue reading→

(WASHINGTON) – A group of 200 workers at Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits across New York have ratified a strong new agreement after a 24-hour strike. The members of Teamsters Locals 118, 294, 317, 445, and 449 were forced to strike over the company’s failure to offer fair wages, increased pension contributions, and improved working conditions. “Our members were energized and prepared to stay on the picket line for as long as it took to get a fair agreement,” said Jeff Padellaro, Director of the Teamsters Brewery, Bakery, and Soft Drink Conference. “In the end, they secured an excellent contract that rewards their hard work and dedication.” The five-year agreement includes 30 percent wage increases, a 20 percent increase in employer contributions to the Teamsters Pension Fund, and additional paid time off. The workers also retained their 100 percent employer-paid Teamsters health care and gained AI and automation protections. “Our brothers and sisters throughout New York stood strong for a fair contract,” said Timothy Barbeto, President of Local 118. “With the support of Teamsters across our state, they were able to win an agreement with significant improvements. We are truly better when we stand together.” “Workers at all five locals were determined to remain united on the picket line,” said Brian Caccamise, a 20-year shop steward and member of Local 118. “We weren’t giving up until we secured a contract that honored the work we do to make Southern Glazer’s successful. This was a team effort by all the stewards, business agents, and members involved.” Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.3 million hardworking people in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. Visit Teamster.org for more information. Follow us on X @Teamsters and on Facebook at Facebook.com/teamsters. The post Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Teamsters Win Strike in New York appeared first on International Brotherhood of Teamsters.Continue reading→

(WASHINGTON) – A group of 200 workers at Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits across New York have ratified a strong new agreement after a 24-hour strike. The members of Teamsters Locals 118, 294, 317, 445, and 449 were forced to strike over the company’s failure to offer fair wages, increased pension contributions, and improved working conditions. “Our members were energized and prepared to stay on the picket line for as long as it took to get a fair agreement,” said Jeff Padellaro, Director of the Teamsters Brewery, Bakery, and Soft Drink Conference. “In the end, they secured an excellent contract that rewards their hard work and dedication.” The five-year agreement includes 30 percent wage increases, a 20 percent increase in employer contributions to the Teamsters Pension Fund, and additional paid time off. The workers also retained their 100 percent employer-paid Teamsters health care and gained AI and automation protections. “Our brothers and sisters throughout New York stood strong for a fair contract,” said Timothy Barbeto, President of Local 118. “With the support of Teamsters across our state, they were able to win an agreement with significant improvements. We are truly better when we stand together.” “Workers at all five locals were determined to remain united on the picket line,” said Brian Caccamise, a 20-year shop steward and member of Local 118. “We weren’t giving up until we secured a contract that honored the work we do to make Southern Glazer’s successful. This was a team effort by all the stewards, business agents, and members involved.” Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.3 million hardworking people in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. Visit Teamster.org for more information. Follow us on X @Teamsters and on Facebook at Facebook.com/teamsters. The post Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Teamsters Win Strike in New York appeared first on International Brotherhood of Teamsters.Continue reading→

(WASHINGTON) – A group of 200 workers at Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits across New York have ratified a strong new agreement after a 24-hour strike. The members of Teamsters Locals 118, 294, 317, 445, and 449 were forced to strike over the company’s failure to offer fair wages, increased pension contributions, and improved working conditions. “Our members were energized and prepared to stay on the picket line for as long as it took to get a fair agreement,” said Jeff Padellaro, Director of the Teamsters Brewery, Bakery, and Soft Drink Conference. “In the end, they secured an excellent contract that rewards their hard work and dedication.” The five-year agreement includes 30 percent wage increases, a 20 percent increase in employer contributions to the Teamsters Pension Fund, and additional paid time off. The workers also retained their 100 percent employer-paid Teamsters health care and gained AI and automation protections. “Our brothers and sisters throughout New York stood strong for a fair contract,” said Timothy Barbeto, President of Local 118. “With the support of Teamsters across our state, they were able to win an agreement with significant improvements. We are truly better when we stand together.” “Workers at all five locals were determined to remain united on the picket line,” said Brian Caccamise, a 20-year shop steward and member of Local 118. “We weren’t giving up until we secured a contract that honored the work we do to make Southern Glazer’s successful. This was a team effort by all the stewards, business agents, and members involved.” Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.3 million hardworking people in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico. Visit Teamster.org for more information. Follow us on X @Teamsters and on Facebook at Facebook.com/teamsters. The post Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits Teamsters Win Strike in New York appeared first on International Brotherhood of Teamsters.Continue reading→