Semi truck bonks picketing Amazon worker while turning into driveway

A semi truck bonked into a picketing Amazon worker at a Detroit warehouse during a demonstration on Thursday morning. 

The incident happened on December 19th during the Teamsters picket outside of the Amazon warehouse on 8 Mile Road near Woodward Ave in Detroit, Michigan. 

“(We were) slowly walking across the driveway. This non-union driver come up the driveway faster then you’re supposed to enter a driveway; you’re supposed to enter a driveway at a slow pace,” Teamsters Michigan President Kevin Moore said to WWJ News. “We were walking in a row, and my guy Roy was behind me. The truck come up and instead of stopping, banged into him. He didn’t fall down, thank God, but you don’t enter an egress like that.”

The man was taken to a hospital by paramedics to be checked out, but was not seriously injured. Information on the truck driver has not been released. 

Less than 12 people were involved in the  Detroit demonstration, but more workers are picketing at locations across the nation. “We’ve got nine of them on strike right now this morning, from there to Grand Rapids,” Moore said. “Every one of them: Shelby Township, Detroit, Livonia, Romulus, Grand Rapids; they’re all on strike.”

“If your package is delayed during the holidays, you can blame Amazon’s insatiable greed. We gave Amazon a clear deadline to come to the table and do right by our members. They ignored it,” said Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien, in a statement. “These greedy executives had every chance to show decency and respect for the people who make their obscene profits possible. Instead, they’ve pushed workers to the limit and now they’re paying the price. This strike is on them.”