How the Teamsters and a Homegrown Union Plan to Take On Amazon NYT: Technology By: Noam Scheiber 18 June 2024 at 10:19 An affiliation agreement between the Amazon Labor Union and the 1.3 million-member Teamsters signals an escalation in challenging the online retailer. Β© DeSean McClinton-Holland for The New York TimesA line for a unionization vote at Amazonβs JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island in 2022. The Teamsters are ramping up efforts to organize Amazon workers nationwide.