Amazon exits Quebec operations, to cut about 1,700 jobs
- Amazon Canada is closing all seven of its warehouses in Quebec over the next two months, impacting 1,700 permanent employees and 250 temporary workers.
- The decision follows strained labor relations with unionized employees and comes after Amazon lost a challenge against union accreditation in October.
- Canadian Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne expressed dismay over the layoffs, stating he contacted Amazon's operations head.
- Union President Caroline Senneville called the closures a 'slap in the face for all Quebec workers' and suggested they are part of an anti-union campaign.
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