Amazon Warehouse Staff, Contract Drivers to Strike Thursday (1)

Amazon.com Inc. warehouse employees and contract drivers in four states plan to walk off the job at 6 a.m. Eastern on Thursday ahead of the holiday delivery rush, according to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Groups of workers at seven locations in California, New York, Illinois, and Georgia will go on strike and Teamsters local unions will put up picket lines at hundreds of Amazon fulfillment centers nationwide, the union said in a statement Wednesday night.

The impending strike comes after the Teamsters called on Amazon to recognize its units and come to the bargaining table to negotiate a contract. ...