File #: 25-0649    Version: 1 Name: A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF STRIKING COOK COUNTY AMAZON WORKERS
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 12/19/2024 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 12/19/2024 Final action: 12/19/2024
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF STRIKING COOK COUNTY AMAZON WORKERS WHEREAS, Amazon is the second largest corporation in the world valued at over $2 trillion with facilities in Skokie and Markham, in Cook County, Illinois; and WHEREAS, on December 19th, 2024, 6a, The Teamsters launched the largest strike against Amazon in U.S. history. Nearly 10,000 Amazon workers across the country are fighting for higher wages, better benefits, and safer worker conditions; and WHEREAS, in Cook County, over 200 Amazon workers went on strike along with workers in 10 cities across the country; and WHEREAS, over 80 percent of the workers at the Amazon facility in Skokie have signed cards in support of joining Teamsters Local 705; and WHEREAS, workers rights are a fundamental right that should be recognized, respected, protected, and expanded in Cook County, and everywhere; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby share their supp...
Sponsors: JOSINA MORITA, ALMA E. ANAYA, ANTHONY J. QUEZADA, FRANK J. AGUILAR, SCOTT R. BRITTON, JOHN P. DALEY, BRIDGET DEGNEN, BRIDGET GAINER, BILL LOWRY, DONNA MILLER, STANLEY MOORE, KEVIN B. MORRISON, MICHAEL SCOTT JR., TARA S. STAMPS, MAGGIE TREVOR

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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

 

A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF STRIKING COOK COUNTY AMAZON WORKERS

 

WHEREAS, Amazon is the second  largest corporation in the world valued at over $2 trillion with facilities in Skokie and Markham, in Cook County, Illinois; and

 

WHEREAS, on December 19th, 2024, 6a, The Teamsters launched the largest strike against Amazon in U.S. history. Nearly 10,000 Amazon workers across the country are fighting for higher wages, better benefits, and safer worker conditions; and

 

WHEREAS, in Cook County, over 200 Amazon workers went on strike along with workers in 10 cities across the country; and

 

WHEREAS, over 80 percent of the workers at the Amazon facility in Skokie have signed cards in support of joining Teamsters Local 705; and

 

WHEREAS, workers rights are a fundamental right that should be recognized, respected, protected, and expanded in Cook County, and everywhere; and

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners does hereby share their support and solidarity with Amazon workers on strike in Cook County and across ; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this text be spread upon the proceedings of this Honorable Body and that a suitable copy of this resolution is presented to Teamsters Local 705 and Cook County Amazon Workers.

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