A unionization effort is underway among employees of Amazon.com's Iowa warehouses, with organizers threatening a strike.
International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 238 Organizing Director Buzz Malone said Friday that he has been recruiting workers to organize since November. He said the union has approached "400 to 500" current or former employees, primarily tied to Amazon's distribution centers in Grimes and Iowa City.
"We're going to continue to organize them and turn them into a cohesive group to fight for their wages and conditions here," Malone said.
An Amazon spokesperson did not immediately have a comment on the announcement when contacted by the Des Moines Register late Friday afternoon.