Teamsters chief brands Amazon a ‘corporate white-collar crime syndicate’

Published December 5, 2025 10:41am ET



EXCLUSIVE — Teamsters President Sean O’Brien said Amazon is his union’s biggest opponent and a “white-collar crime syndicate.”

O’Brien cast the fight against the e-commerce giant over the past few years as critical for the Teamsters in a wide-ranging interview with the Washington Examiner in his office near Capitol Hill.

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