Amazon’s union has authorized strikes at two facilities in New York ahead of the looming Dec. 15 negotiating deadline. “Amazon Teamsters at two New York City facilities — JFK8 and DBK4 — have voted overwhelmingly to authorize strikes following Amazon’s illegal refusal to recognize their union and negotiate a contract addressing the company’s low wages and dangerous working conditions,” Teamsters wrote in a post on the social platform X Friday.





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