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Taylor Odisho

Chaos Erupts as NYPD Breaks Picket Line of Striking Amazon Workers, Detain Driver: 'Cops Work for Jeff Bezos, Not You'

NYPD officers broke a union strike at an Amazon warehouse in Queens, New York, on Dec. 19, 2024. (Credit: X)

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters union launched the "largest strike against Amazon in U.S. history" on Thursday across seven major cities, including New York, where chaos erupted as police officers successfully broke the strikers' picket line.

Nearly 10,000 drivers and warehouse workers picketed for the right to collectively bargain and demand better pay, benefits, workplace safety and other conditions. Some unionized strikers in West Michigan were also present to push Amazon to recognize their unions, according to WWMT.

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