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Amazon Bumps Hourly Wages by $1 for Operations Workers in Canada
Amazon said the increase will lift average base pay to $26.27 an hour and comes as Unifor presses for a first contract.
- On Wednesday, Amazon announced a $1 hourly wage increase for Canadian operations employees, raising the average base wage to $26.27, a 4% year-over-year increase affecting staff across 70 logistics sites.
- The pay bump arrives amid a contentious labour dispute at the YVR2 warehouse in Delta, British Columbia, where Unifor has been pushing for a historic first collective agreement for 800 workers since October 2025.
- Full-Time employees working 40 hours weekly will earn more than $54,000 annually, while certain staff receive a 10 per cent discount on online grocery purchases starting October 1.
- Unifor National President Lana Payne described the timing as Amazon "feeling the heat" of upcoming contract negotiations, asserting the company must respect worker rights.
- Binding arbitration ordered last month by the British Columbia Labour Relations Board aims to settle the bargaining impasse, though Amazon has appealed despite a mediator finding its approach "unreasonable.
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Amazon's Canadian operations workers getting $1 pay increase
Amazon says it is raising the average hourly base wage in Canada to $26.27, up by $1/hr from last year. In an emailed statement, the company says the bump represents a four per cent year-over-year increase and is an investment of more than $78 million. The increase takes effect on Sept. 27 for the company’s […]
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