Amazon exits Quebec operations, to cut about 1,700 jobs

Amazon is quitting Quebec to ‘shock and awe’ workers worldwide

The corporate giant feared a ‘breakthrough’ after Quebec workers unionized and were set to secure the first collective agreement in the world

The American multinational announced Wednesday, January 22, to close its seven warehouses in the Canadian province within two months. The recent enrollment of more than 300 employees in one of them questions the intentions of Jeff Bezos's firm.

1,700 jobs gone: Amazon shutters Québec operations after Montreal warehouse goes union

MONTREAL—Instead of preparing for upcoming bargaining sessions on their first contract, after a long-fought unionizing campaign, Amazon workers in Québec were notified Wednesday that they were all being laid off. The warehouse workers at the DXT4 facility are represented by the labor union Confédération des Syndicats Nationaux (CSN). Like Amazon workers at facilities across North America and Europe, they began their union campaign because of low…

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1,700: On Wednesday, Amazon announced it will close all Quebec facilities in the next two months, cutting over 1,700 jobs and outsourcing deliveries to smaller contractors. The company claims the decision is for cost savings, not related to the recent unionization at its Laval warehouse — Quebec's only unionized Amazon workforce in Canada. The CSN union federation denounced the closure as nonsensical. Workers at the Laval facility, who were seek…

Amazon will close all 7 warehouses in Canada’s Quebec province, eliminating 1,700 jobs

A Canadian union that successfully unionized one warehouse accused the company of closing its sites to fend off organizing efforts in the region.

Amazon is ending its operations in the Canadian province of Quebec and closing seven locations, resulting in the layoff of 1,700 full-time employees. Quebec is the only province in Canada with unionized Amazon employees. The return to a third-party delivery model is expected to provide savings for customers.