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Teamsters Chief Takes Aim at Amazon After UPS Contract Win
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Hours after reaching a tentative deal to boost pay and benefits for hundreds of thousands of United Parcel Service Inc. workers, the brash head of the largest private-sector US union is turning attention to Amazon.com Inc.
Sean O’Brien, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, told Bloomberg TV Wednesday that the internet retail giant is now a “target” as labor leaders attempt to organize warehouse workers. The union plans to use the momentum from its win in the UPS talks, which headed off a potential strike with a deal the Teamsters estimate will add $30 billion of new money for workers over a five—year span.