Amazon’s decision to close operations in Quebec wasn’t subtle. It sends an unmistakable message: if you unionize, we’ll leave.
This $2 trillion global behemoth applies the dictatorial principles of oligarchic rule: any effort by workers to challenge ...
The closure of the Quebec facilities will mean Amazon will revert to a business model it used in the province up until 2020, which employed local, third-party companies for package deliveries.
A union that represents some Montreal Amazon workers said it will petition a court to compel the company to reopen the warehouses and reverse the job cuts.
It’s an anti-union move, an anti-worker move, an anti-democratic move,” a media representative for the workers said at ...
The online retail giant said the move was not linked to recent unionization efforts by workers in the Canadian province.
The official line out of Amazon is that the decision to shut down its operations is entirely related to cost-cutting. Per a statement given to the CBC, the company reviewed its Québec operations and ...
Amazon announced on Wednesday it will shutter its facilities in Quebec in the coming weeks and cut nearly 2,000 jobs, 1,700 of which are permanent positions. A company spokesperson said Amazon ...
By Karen Weise and Vjosa Isai Reporting from Seattle and Toronto Amazon on Wednesday said it was closing all of its warehouse and logistics operations in Quebec, the Canadian province where unions ...
In the wake of Amazon’s mass layoffs of over 4,500 workers across Quebec, a rally was held outside of the Quebec Labour ...
Amazon.com Inc. surprised its Quebec workers on Wednesday by announcing it will shutter all seven of its facilities in the province by March, laying off about 1,950 full-time and temporary employees ...
Amazon has announced plans to close all seven of its facilities in Quebec, impacting approximately 1,900 employees, according to Bloomberg.The closures will be implemented over a two-month period ...