Riverside County Amazon Workers Launch Campaign To Join Teamsters Union

RIVERSIDE, CA — Amid a walkout, Amazon warehouse workers at the Krameria Avenue facility in Riverside — which is one of the company’s largest delivery stations nationwide — have launched a campaign to organize with the Teamsters.

Workers at the facility dubbed DJT6 are joining forces with Teamsters Local 1932 to win better pay, safer working conditions, and respect for the value they bring to the e-commerce giant, according to a Tuesday news release from the Teamsters Union.

Nightshift workers at DJT6, who load Amazon’s delivery vans, held a walkout early Tuesday morning.

"Amazon workers in Riverside are not afraid to take on one of the world’s wealthiest corporations," said Randy Korgan, director of the Teamsters Amazon Division and Secretary-Treasurer of Local 1932. "During the holidays, DJT6 workers play a crucial role not only for Amazon, but for millions of people across Southern California. They are done having their concerns go unnoticed by management and are taking the next steps toward having the full weight and support of the Teamsters behind them."

Amazon has long said that its workers have the choice to unionize, but some critics contend the behemoth company actively dissuades employees from organizing. In Southern California, Amazon workers have successfully organized with the Teamsters at four facilities: KSBD in San Bernardino, DAX5 in City of Industry, DFX4 in Victorville, and DAX8 in Palmdale.

"We do the work that keeps Amazon running every single day," said Samuel Padilla, an Amazon DJT6 warehouse worker. "We are organizing so we can have a real say in our working conditions, and the means [to] provide for ourselves and our families. Amazon keeps pushing us to our limits, and we deserve better."

DJT6 workers are the latest group to announce they are organizing with the Teamsters, joining over 200 drivers in Queens, New York, and Amazon CDL drivers in Shepherdsville, Kentucky. The campaigns are part of a nationwide movement to join the Teamsters, which has grown to include nearly 10,000 Amazon workers, according to the union.