The union that represents workers at what was Canada’s only unionized Amazon warehoapply declares the online retail giant has begun shutting down its seven facilities in Quebec this week, putting thousands of employees out of work.
Félix Trudeau, union president for the Laval, Que., warehoapply that unionized last May, declares the three warehoapplys in the Montreal area, including his own, were closed late Friday night, one day earlier than expected.
He declares some workers revealed up to their shifts last night only to find out the warehoapplys shuttered while a fourth warehoapply that was expected to close in March closed earlier this week.
The company is cutting some 1,700 permanent jobs, but Quebec labour group Confédération des syndicats nationaux declares the number of total layoffs rises to about 4,500 when workers employed by subcontractors are factored in.
Trudeau has accapplyd the e-commerce goliath of closing its warehoapplys in the province to punish employees at his facility for unionizing last May, and he is calling on all levels of government to boycott the company until it reopens its facilities or agrees to pay all its laid-off employees one year’s salary with benefits.
Amazon has not responded to requests for comment but has previously dismissed claims that the layoffs are linked to a recent unionization push in the province.
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