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Amazon says US strike caused 'no disruptions'

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Amazon workers walk the picket line outside an Amazon facility in the City of Industry, California on December 19, 2024. Thousands of workers at Amazon facilities across the United States went on strike December 19, 2024, the Teamsters Union said, halting work at the height of the busy holiday gift-giving season. [AFP]

A US strike targeting Amazon in the peak festive period extended into a second day Friday as the retail behemoth said the labor action would not affect its business.

Amazon has experienced "no disruptions at all," a company spokeswoman told AFP. "And we aren't anticipating any either."

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