Demonstrators accuse Amazon of union-busting at rally in Montreal, call for boycott

Demonstrators accuse Amazon of union-busting, call for boycott at Montreal rally

Demonstrators gathered in Montreal Saturday to protest Amazon's decision to shutter its seven warehouses in Quebec and lay off workers, including at what was Canada's only unionized Amazon facility.

Demonstrators accuse Amazon of union-busting at rally in Montreal, call for boycott

Waving flags and holding anti-Amazon placards, demonstrators protested the company’s decision to shutter its seven warehouses in Quebec and lay off workers

For many, the anti-union attitude of the American giant must not go unpunished.

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered to call for a boycott of Amazon on Saturday in Montreal. Among them, employees dismissed by the company and their union invited the government and citizens to join them.

1500 people call for action against Amazon in Quebec

On Saturday, February 15, at least 1,500 people marched in Montreal to protest the closure of Amazon's seven warehouses in Quebec. Several unions marched, led by the CSN leadership and the Syndicat des travailleurs d'Amazon Laval (STTAL), accompanied by activists from Alliance Ouvrière and the Here We Boycott Amazon campaign. Among the demands put forward by the demonstrators were: suspension… Source

Amazon’s War on Workers: Quebec Warehouse Closures Spark Mass Protest and Call for System Change

The streets of Montreal echoed with the cries of thousands on February 15 as workers, union organizers, and activists marched in defiance of Amazon’s decision to shutter seven of its warehouses in Quebec, including its first and only unionized distribution centre in Canada. The closures, which have left thousands of workers jobless, are widely seen as a retaliatory move against organized labor and a stark reminder of the unchecked power of corpo…