Teamsters announce plan for unionization effort at Amazon

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, backed by 1.4 million members, is launching an unprecedented nationwide effort to unionize workers at Amazon. 

"We will organize Amazon," Teamsters general president James Phillip Hoffa told members at this year's convention, which is taking place virtually. Hoffa called the ecommerce giant "an existential threat" to unions and said Amazon workers want the support of Teamsters.  Delegates at the 30th International Convention, with representatives from all 500 Teamsters local unions, will vote Thursday on a new resolution to build worker power at Amazon. According to the text of the special resolution obtained by CBS News, Teamsters is aiming to create a new division to work directly with Amazon employees.