‘CRITICAL’ AMAZON WORKERS JOIN TEAMSTERS UNION IN RIVERSIDE, CA
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Amazon warehouse workers at the DJT6 facility in Riverside, CA, one of the company’s largest and most critical delivery stations in the country, have organized with Teamsters Local 1932 and are demanding that Amazon recognize their union. DJT6 is now the fifth Amazon facility in Southern California to organize with the Teamsters, joining the KSBD Air Hub in San Bernardino, DFX4 in Victorville, DAX5 in the City of Industry, and DAX8 in Palmdale.
The organizing victory at DJT6 marks a significant escalation in Teamsters Local 1932’s campaign to hold corporate America accountable in the Inland Empire, a region that powers the global logistics economy yet remains one of the most exploited labor markets in the nation.
Earlier this week, DJT6 workers launched their union effort by staging a midnight walkout during Amazon’s holiday peak season, a time when workers face crushing workloads, increased injury rates, and intensified pressure from management. The workers at the facility are some of the last hands that touch an Amazon package before heading out of the station in one of Amazon’s delivery vans. Their action sent a clear message: Inland Empire workers will no longer accept poverty wages, unsafe conditions, and corporate greed from one of the richest companies on earth.
“Teamsters Local 1932 was built to take on corporate America, and Amazon is the clearest example of everything that’s wrong with today’s economy,” said Randy Korgan, Director of the Teamsters Amazon Division and Secretary-Treasurer of Local 1932. “Amazon has helped turn the Inland Empire into a logistics powerhouse, but the workers who make it all run are struggling to survive. Our members are done being exploited in the region they call home.”
Workers at DJT6 are demanding industry-standard wages, affordable health care, and safer working conditions. Many report that Amazon routinely ignores workplace injuries and intimidates workers who seek medical care or time off, practices that have become all too common across the company’s operations.“For years, Amazon has treated us like we’re disposable,” said Samuel Padilla, an Amazon DJT6 warehouse worker. “But this warehouse runs because of us. Organizing with Teamsters Local 1932 gives us real power, not just for DJT6, but for workers across the Inland Empire who are tired of being pushed around by billion-dollar corporations.”
The Inland Empire has become ground zero in the national Amazon labor fight. Wealthy corporations in the logistics industry exploit their workforce in the Inland Empire by failing to provide jobs that allow their employees to live and work in the communities they get packages to, and Amazon leads the way. Many Teamsters in the IE, working in the same industry, make more than double what an Amazon worker makes – just ask your UPS Driver.
Teamsters Local 1932 represents more than 16,000 workers across the Inland Empire in both the public and private sectors. Since its establishment in 2015, it remains at the forefront of the fight to ensure that the Inland Empire works for workers, not just corporations
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