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The Teamsters Want To Unionize Amazon Workers. Here's What That Means

At a convention of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters this week, the union announced plans to create a special division focused on organizing Amazon workers across the country.
The Teamsters, which represents 1.4 million workers nationwide, introduced a resolution making organizing Amazon workers across the country a top priority.

The Teamsters want to go after Amazon.

That was the message on opening day of the three-day, of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Members from 500 Teamsters local unions are meeting to lay out priorities for the next

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