The new head of one of America's most powerful labor unions said Monday that he is ready to take on retail giant Amazon after renegotiating a longstanding contract with delivery company UPS. Sean O'Brien, a fourth-generation Teamster from Boston, said that if the International Brotherhood of Teamsters can successfully push for higher wages and a more employee-friendly contract, it will immediately roll those gains into unionizing the famously anti-labor Amazon. O'Brien replaces Jimmy Hoffa Jr., son of the infamously ill-fated Jimmy Hoffa, who has been running the Teamsters for decades. Read More...
The new head of one of America’s most powerful labor unions said Monday that he is ready to take on retail giant Amazon after renegotiating a longstanding contract with delivery company UPS. Sean O’Brien, a fourth-generation Teamster from Boston, said that if the International Brotherhood of Teamsters can successfully push for higher wages and a more employee-friendly contract, it will immediately roll those gains into unionizing the famously anti-labor Amazon. O’Brien replaces Jimmy Hoffa Jr., son of the infamously ill-fated Jimmy Hoffa, who has been running the Teamsters for decades.
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