Amazon Teamsters at the DJT6 facility in Riverside, California, the company's largest warehouse in the nation, walked off the job today in a one-day unfair labor practice strike.
Members of Teamsters Local 1932, who joined the union in December 2025, say Amazon has ignored federal labor law requiring it to recognize the Teamsters and bargain with workers at the facility. The union also accuses Amazon of unlawful intimidation aimed at workers, including the firing of a union leader there.
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"Amazon thinks it can trample workers' rights with no consequences, but Amazon Teamsters at DJT6 are proving them wrong," said Randy Korgan, Director of the Teamsters Amazon Division and Secretary-Treasurer of Local 1932. "Amazon has ignored the law for long enough. If this multitrillion-dollar company won't listen to workers on the job, then we will make it listen to us on the streets."
The strike follows a National Labor Relations Board case earlier this year in which the Teamsters said Amazon conceded it would stop retaliating against workers who exercise their right to strike. According to the union, today's action marks the first coordinated walkout by DJT6 Teamsters across both of the warehouse's primary shifts, and it is meant to stop work there for 24 hours.
Worker Emmanuel Cadena, a Local 1932 member, said he and hundreds of co-workers joined the union to win better pay and safer conditions, but Amazon responded with intimidation. "If Amazon doesn't want to listen to us, then we have no other choice but to strike to defend our rights," he said.
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, founded in 1903, says it represents over 1.3 million people in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico.
