Staten Island Amazon workers join strike amid busy holiday rush NBC New York [Video]

A second Amazon facility in New York City saw workers walk off the job and join the growing strike to pressure the e-commerce company to meet at the bargaining table and reach an eventual labor agreement.

Tens of thousands of workers have gone on strike in recent days during what is considered to be one of the busiest online shopping and shipping seasons of the year.

At midnight, the union representing Staten Island’s JFK8 warehouse declared its members on strike and adding another 5,500 workers to expanding labor movement. The other facilities on strike include facilities in Queens, New York, Atlanta, Georgia, Skokie, Illinois, San Francisco, and three other locations in Southern California.

Striking workers on Staten Island received a boost of support on Saturday from the New York attorney general.

“Amazon workers deserve higher wages and safe working conditions,” Attorney General Letitia James wrote on X. “I was proud …