The union which represents workers of what was the only unionized in Canada Amazon Warehouse says that the online retail giant began to close its seven facilities Quebec This week, putting thousands of employees without work.
Félix Trudeau, President of the Laval Warning Union, in Quebec, which has unionized last May, said that the three warehouses in the Montreal region, including its own, were closed on Friday evening, One day earlier than expected.
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He says that some workers showed up at their work quarters last night to discover that the warehouses closed its doors while a fourth warehouse that was to close in March closed its doors earlier this week.
The company reduces some 1,700 permanent jobs, but the Quebec working group, Confederation of national unions, says that the number of total layoffs reaches approximately 4,500 when workers employed by subcontractors are taken into account.
Trudeau accused Goliath’s electronic commerce of closing its warehouses in the province to punish employees of its facilities for unionization last May, and it asks all levels of government to boycott the company until it reopens His facilities or accepts to pay all of his functions the employees dismissed for a year of salary with benefits.
Amazon did not respond to requests for comments, but previously rejected the allegations according to which dismissals are linked to a recent trade unionization in the province.
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