Amazon hit by Teamsters strikes during holiday rush

A line of about a ten Amazon vans waited to exit a company delivery station in San Francisco Thursday morning as employees striking with the Teamsters union blocked two gates to the facility.

It was one of seven Amazon sites impacted Thursday by strikes launched by the Teamsters, in an action threatening to delay some package delivery in a handful of major cities during the busy Christmas season.

Workers formed picket lines in the early hours of the morning at sites in New York City, Atlanta, San Francisco, Skokie, Illinois, and Southern California.