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Amazon workers are on strike outside a warehouse in Maspeth, Queens, along with other locations around the country. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters said it represents nearly 10,000 Amazon workers who are demanding better pay and working conditions.

Amazon workers at seven warehouses walked off the job starting yesterday, in a major escalation of the Teamsters’ efforts to organize the company. In New York, the strikers faced repression from the police.

With less than a week of shopping days until Christmas, Amazon drivers have gone on strike at facilities nationwide, including in the New York metro area. Some 10,000 workers are part of the effort, according to their union,

The Teamsters said the strike at seven facilities is the largest ever against Amazon. But the retailer doesn't anticipated a slowdown to deliveries.

Coordinated strikes ahead of Christmas in a handful of cities including San Francisco and New York see the Teamsters challenge the nation’s second-largest private employer.

Amazon employees are striking after the online retail giant missed a deadline to begin negotiations for a union contract. Roughly 10,000 employees have gone on strike as of Dec. 19. Workers are forming picket lines in New York City,