GLCLC, Greater Louisville Central Labor Council

AMAZON TEAMSTERS in Kentucky are ON STRIKE to stop Amazon’s UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES at the KCVG air hub! Workers are organizing a union with the Teamsters to win the fair pay, safe jobs, and respect that all Amazon employees deserve. Amazon drivers from Teamsters Local 705 in Skokie, Illinois, are joining the Kentucky picket line as well to extend their own Unfair Labor Practice strike!

Sort workers at DHL’s global hub at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) are demanding the company recognize their right to collectively bargain a union contract. A majority of the over 1,300 sort workers at DHL-CVG support joining the Teamsters. The demand to immediately begin negotiating a Teamsters contract comes after DHL gave over 150 full-time workers just 24 hours’ notice to accept part-time positions or resign, even though the company continues to bring on new hires. Workers are also calling for the provision of water and working fans to mitigate high temperatures in the workplace and the reinstatement of their wrongfully terminated co-workers. “DHL’s decision to give over 150 full-time workers just 24 hours to accept part-time positions or resign is not just unfair – it’s inhumane,” said Cathy Davis, a member of the CVG Sort Workers Organizing Committee. “We are demanding our right to a Teamsters contract to ensure fair treatment, safe working conditions, and job security for all workers. It’s time for DHL to recognize us as Teamsters. Stop the firing and the new hiring.”