Drivers for Amazon stage demonstrations, but company says deliveries have not been affected

Drivers who deliver packages for Amazon demonstrated outside some of the company's facilities calling for better wages and work conditions. The protests were called for by the Teamsters union. Amazon said deliveries have not been affected. NBC News' Liz Kreutz reports.

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