Amazon, workers ordered by B.C.’s labour board to reach deal via binding arbitration
The board said a single arbitrator will resolve the first contract dispute if Amazon and Unifor cannot agree within seven days.
- On Tuesday, the British Columbia Labour Relations Board ordered Amazon and Unifor to conclude their first collective agreement through binding arbitration, with associate chair Andres Barker ruling the parties must appoint an arbitrator within seven days.
- Amazon previously rejected a mediator's recommendations for arbitration in June, preferring direct negotiation and arguing that first-contract bargaining is "complex" while maintaining it participated in good faith.
- Unifor western regional director Gavin McGarrigle applauded the decision, stating, "Amazon's behaviour has been so bad because it knows what we know: unions build worker power," while criticizing the company's negotiation tactics.
- Amazon spokesperson Sam Stephenson said the company is appealing the decision and requesting the board pause arbitration until pending decertification votes are counted, as it pushes for a process that "lets employees decide for themselves."
- This ruling follows a February decision where the Labour Relations Board found Amazon violated the provincial labour code by excluding Delta warehouse workers from pay increases, establishing a pattern of labour violations.
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B.C.'s labour board orders Amazon, union to reach deal via binding arbitration
In a ruling issued Tuesday by B.C. Labour Relations Board associate chair Andres Barker, the board says it is ordering Amazon and Unifor — which represents the workers at a Delta, B.C., site — to "conclude their first collective agreement" through a single arbitrator.
Amazon, workers ordered by B.C.’s labour board to reach deal via binding arbitration
Security guards walk in the parking lot outside Amazon’s YVR2 fulfilment centre, in Delta, B.C., on Friday, July 11, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s Labour Relations Board has ruled in favour of using binding arbitration to settle a labour dispute between Amazon and unionized workers at its warehouse in Metro Vancouver after the e-commerce giant fought the idea. In a ruling issued Tuesday by associate chair An…
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Amazon, workers ordered by B.C.'s labour board to reach deal via binding arbitration
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Labour Relations Board has ruled in favour of using binding arbitration to settle a labour dispute between Amazon and unionized workers at its warehouse in Metro Vancouver after the e-commerce giant fought the idea.
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