Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Riverside staged an early-morning walkout yesterday, protesting what they describe as unfair labor practices. The union that is supporting them, Teamsters International, says workers are demanding improvements to working conditions and better pay.
Some employees at the DJT6 facility walked off the job during the overnight shift around 1 a.m. Tuesday morning, while others later joined a picket line outside the warehouse that lasted for about five hours. The action is part of a broader effort by Amazon workers to organize with the Teamsters union.
“If you’re going to anchor down and put in thousands of jobs, don’t you think you should pay people enough to buy a home in the area you’re living and working in?” said Randy Korgan, director of the Teamsters’ Amazon Division and secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local 1932. “That’s not asking too much.”…