‘Dozens’ of Amazon truck drivers at Kansas City facility join Teamsters

A group of semi truck drivers working out of a Kansas City Amazon facility opted to organize with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

On June 10, the Teamsters announced that “dozens of Transportation Operations Management (TOM) Team drivers at Amazon’s MCI9 facility have joined Teamsters Local 41, becoming the second group of semi-truck and tractor-trailer drivers at the company to organize with the Teamsters.”

Teamsters say they are fighting for “better pay, respect from management, and an end to Amazon’s arbitrary process of implementing policies and work rules that constantly change” at the MCI9 facility.

“Amazon will randomly change our work policies and then unfairly discipline us without warning,” said Glenn Watford, a truck driver from the MCI9 facility. “No worker should have their livelihood threatened because management failed to do its job. The only way we can protect ourselves and force Amazon to treat us with respect is with a Teamsters contract.”

“TOM Team drivers are just as important to Amazon’s operation as warehouse workers and last-mile drivers. That’s why this company is trying everything it can to stop our momentum,” said Randy Korgan, Director of the Teamsters Amazon Division. “But Amazon can’t stop workers who come together to demand respect. No matter where or how big a facility is, Teamsters will be there to fight alongside the workers responsible for making Amazon the world’s wealthiest retailer.”

In November 2025, a group of CDL drivers at the SDF9 facility in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, became first group of Amazon semi truck and tractor trailer drivers nationwide to join the Teamsters.

More than over 10,000 Amazon workers nationwide have joined the Teamsters.