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Teamsters vote to help organize Amazon workers

One of America’s largest labor unions passed a resolution Thursday designed to aid Amazon. com Inc. workers in eventually achieving a union contract, a move aimed at putting further labor pressure on the e-commerce giant following a recent failed unionization effort in Alabama.

Teamsters target Amazon with resolution aimed at unionizing

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, one of the United States' largest and most powerful unions, will introduce a resolution Tuesday to create an Amazon-specific division which will aid and fully fund efforts to unionize the e-commerce giant's employees across the country as well as defend existing logistics industry standards.