Teamsters Local 804

Proud Teamsters representing over 8,000 hard working New Yorkers. Members work at UPS, City Harvest, Trump Village IV, PAE & Amazon. Home of Ron Carey

[Josh Eidelson @josheidelson]

Amazon tells vendors drivers should “help validate the customer’s investment by greeting them with a smile,being enthusiastic & thanking[them] for choosing Amazon” & also should be careful online to “avoid the mistaken impression that they work for Amazon” https://t.co/6yMPY8lvUI

[Josh Eidelson @josheidelson]

Amazon requires delivery vendors to adhere not only to its existing policies but also to whatever future ones Amazon imposes-which would then become “a part of your company’s contract with Amazon as if they were written in their entirety in this Agreement” https://t.co/6cDZXFXDRC

[Josh Eidelson @josheidelson]

Morgan Lewis -firm where Trump NLRB GC Crystal Carey was a partner who’d personally represented Amazon- is currently defending Amazon in a Cali lawsuit involving some of the same issues, at same Amazon vendor, as the big NLRB case Carey’s pushing to settle https://t.co/ZgNzJbeIxa

[Josh Eidelson @josheidelson]

“They’re control freaks, because it’s central to their business model... If you are that deeply involved, congratulations, you have responsibility for the employment relationship.” https://t.co/05P561HTsy @profsheena

[Union Now @UnionNow_]

Congratulations to the Netflix Feature Animators for signing their first union contract! This contract establishes wage minimums, workplace protections and is a big moment for animation workers.
https://t.co/1l8xM6TCU9

[Josh Eidelson @josheidelson]

Amazon creates leaderboards for each of its delivery vendors, ranking each of their subcontracted drivers https://t.co/6VlTDEDhyv Amazon’s systems also use bright yellow, orange or red to mark “areas where a driver has spent excessive amounts of time,” records we reviewed show

[Avi Asher-Schapiro @AASchapiro]

An important read from @josheidelson about how the Trump administration derailed an effort to hold Amazon accountable for the working conditions of delivery drivers. https://t.co/eLcCdqCSXN

[Josh Eidelson @josheidelson]

Confidential company records show how Amazon governs which drivers its "Delivery Service Partner" vendors can hire, when they work, where they drive, what they say, how they smell and more https://t.co/eSujt2XnSx NLRB attorneys called them "essentially captive delivery companies"

[Amazon Teamsters @amazonteamsters]

Amazon says we will be fired if we don’t “represent Amazon properly”, but then says we don’t even work for them. Make it make sense!

Everyone knows it’s Amazon who sets our routes, who spies on us at work, and who has ultimate control over our employment.

We ARE Amazon Teamsters, and we demand Amazon stop lying to the public and come to the table to bargain a fair contract.

[Josh Eidelson @josheidelson]

Amazon requires its contract drivers be “neat and clean", including “prevention of unpleasant breath or body odor, modest perfume/cologne, & clean teeth, face/ears, fingernails & hair.” It says each driver "represents Amazon to our customers," records show https://t.co/1Bt8C4keHn

[Josh Eidelson @josheidelson]

New @BW feature: A landmark case was unearthing new revelations about Amazon's intimate, intensive regulation of drivers it claims aren't its employees. Then Trump put Amazon's former lawyer in charge https://t.co/WhkEoRk0JF

Based on 1000s of pages of records and 50+ interviews

[Josh Eidelson @josheidelson]

Small business owner who was part of Amazon's delivery vendor army says the experience was like being absorbed in the Borg: "Resistance is futile."

Amazon says that former "delivery service partner" acted "like George Costanza." https://t.co/6VlTDEDPo3

[Josh Eidelson @josheidelson]

Amazon told prospective "delivery service partners" - vendors it hires to haul packages - to be careful what they call their company, because “Amazon may require you to change” any name it finds offensive or too close to its own lingo—like the word “Smile” https://t.co/Yx0T051QNN

[Teamsters Local 804 @804_local]

@hammedownjones @amazonteamsters And talk to your coworkers about joining the union!

[Teamsters Local 804 @804_local]

🚨MUST READ ARTICLE🚨

Anyone who believes the fiction that Amazon isn’t in control of AMAZON DRIVERS is either a fool, paid off, or both.

New York City Council must pass the Delivery Protection Act and hold these exploitative EMPLOYERS accountable

[Josh Eidelson @josheidelson]

New @BW feature: A landmark case was unearthing new revelations about Amazon's intimate, intensive regulation of drivers it claims aren't its employees. Then Trump put Amazon's former lawyer in charge https://t.co/WhkEoRk0JF

Based on 1000s of pages of records and 50+ interviews

[Amazon Teamsters @amazonteamsters]

UPS workers get what they deserve because they have a union. Us workers at Amazon should be fighting for what we deserve too! With our union siblings to back us up, we can get a contract that gives us higher pay, pension, and a better future for our families. It doesn't have to be a dream, it can be reality if we stand up and fight together!

https://t.co/b9UXfaZyiN

[Teamsters Local 804 @804_local]

@HondaWang LET THEM IN

[Teamsters @Teamsters]

Companies like UPS benefit from underreporting and misrepresenting their injury rates. By doing so, they avoid higher insurance costs. They promote a false image of their business to the public. And they are fined less by the government for causing serious harm to their workers. Whether they work at UPS, Waste Management, or any other employer, Teamsters everywhere are fighting to fix this rigged system: https://t.co/TkngyBpGC8

[Philly AFL-CIO @PhillyAFLCIO]

Organizing your workplace

[ALIGN @ALIGNny]

We are proud to have Executive Director @MooreProgress appointed to @NYCMayor's Commission on Government Efficiency!

This commission will ensure NYC will deliver on housing, childcare, public infrastructure, and key services with the speed and urgency New Yorkers deserve!