(QUEENS, NEW YORK) – Amazon Teamsters marched on the boss in New York after a Corporate Union Buster hired by the trillion-dollar company verbally assaulted and repeatedly used a homophobic slur against an Amazon Driver as he arrived for work.

Observed by multiple witnesses, including Amazon management, Union Buster Juan Carlos Cervantes of Government Resources Consultants of America attacked the Amazon Employee during the morning of November 26th at the company’s DBK4 facility in Queens.

The Teamsters filed Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) Charges against Amazon over the assault, as well as formal complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).

During the incident, Cervantes verbally threatened the Amazon Delivery Driver with physical violence at work before loudly calling the Teamster a homophobic slur multiple times as he prepared for work, Union Officials said.

The Driver was able to begin making deliveries as work got underway but was notified by Amazon management later in the day that the E-Commerce Giant was suspending him pending an investigation into the attack, the Union said.

“Amazon hired this Union Buster to come harass me at work and call me a homophobic slur,” said Emmanuel T., the assaulted Amazon Driver. “Amazon is creating an unsafe workplace for me and my Co-Workers, especially my fellow Teamsters who identify as LGBTQ.  We don’t need harassment and homophobia.  What we need is for Amazon to follow the law and negotiate a Teamsters Union contract that provides the pay and safety we deserve.”

Amazon Drivers at DBK4 overwhelmingly organized with the Teamsters in September.

In the months since, Amazon has refused to recognize the Union, leading to the filing of numerous ULP Charges against the company for Worker retaliation, Union-Busting and blatant Labor Law violations, the Union said.

Amazon is legally obligated to bargain a first contract with the Teamsters drivers under Federal Law, though Amazon continues to break the law, the Teamsters said.

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