Mark Gruenberg at People’s World reports a merger between the Teamsters and the independent Amazon Labor Union (ALU) is looming on the horizon.  Teamsters President Sean O’Brien jumped the gun in early June by telling his Executive Council that it was a done deal.  Before, the Teamsters set up their own Amazon Department, with the explicit goal of crafting an Organizing Drive at the monster warehouse, retail and delivery firm.  But the ALU, the bottom-up Worker-organized Union which broke through Amazon’s blockade to organize the 8,000-Worker JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island, New York must take the pact to its Members before there’s a final decision.  So, O’Brien’s announcement was premature.  The ALU’s merger vote started in mid-June.  In July, Members will elect a new leadership team.

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