Amazon Union Moves to Join Teamsters, Seeking to Boost Ranks (2)

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters said the first-ever independent union of Amazon.com Inc. warehouse workers has agreed to join its ranks, marking a potentially powerful yet uncertain alliance against one of the largest US employers.

The Amazon Labor Union has “formally affiliated with the 1.3 million-member strong Teamsters union,” the Teamsters said in a post on X Tuesday. The union didn’t offer more details on the merger, hammered out between Teamsters President Sean O’Brien and ALU President Chris Smalls.

But Smalls said in an interview that the merger would need to be approved in a vote by ALU’s 8,300 members, ...