Taryn Fivek at People’s World report in the run-up to the Holiday Season, the diverse, Working-Class New York City Borough of Queens seemed to suddenly erupt with Labor Militancy.  Both the Amazon Teamsters and the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) took action last week to demand the same thing - that management come to the table with good-faith bargaining that could lift the living conditions of tens of thousands of working New Yorkers and their families.  The Teamsters began their Strike and picket at Amazon’s DBK4 facility in Maspeth, joining with seven other Amazon locations across the country.  Hundreds of Amazon Workers and their allies held signs that read “Amazon: Obey The Law” and “Amazon Is Unfair,” while chanting and walking a picket that stretched across the garage ramp. Members of other Unions, such as the New York State Nurses Association and the Service Employees International Union, were present to support them, as well as Community Activists and a who’s-who of Queens progressive politicians.

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