Thousands of Amazon workers at seven warehouses are striking on Thursday, just days before Christmas and the start of the holiday season.
The strike, which was organized by unions affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, comes at an extremely busy time for the company. Last year, 29 percent of all online orders in the two weeks before Christmas were placed through Amazon.
Workers say the strikes come after the company missed a deadline of December 15 to begin negotiating their union contracts. Workers have been demanding union contracts that, among other things, increase their wages, improve their benefits,
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