Amazon warehouse and distribution center in an industrial park in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on Thursday, September 1, 2022.
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Amazon It is scheduled to face legal measures from a Canadian union after the company’s decision to end warehouse operations in Quebec.
National Trade Union Federation, known as CSN, He said on Tuesday It plans to submit a petition to an Amazon court to reopen seven warehouses and restore 1700 lost jobs as a result of the closure.
Amazon announced at the end of last month that it will gradually get rid of seven sites in Quebec “after a recent review” of its operations in the province, the only site in Canada with the Amazon Union employees. The company said it will return to a third -party delivery form, and they recruit subcontractors to deal with delivery operations.
“Amazon believes that it can convert work into other companies’ entities and use external sources of some storage and delivery operations,” CSN, CSN president, said in a statement. “What the new business model” calls is just an attempt to circumvent its obligations under the Labor Law. The court must realize that this plan violates the law and then it can order the return of the Amazon workers. “
Amazon representatives did not immediately respond to the comment.
CSN is approximately 240 Amazon workers in a warehouse near Laval suburb in Montreal. Workers on the site Union last MayTo become the first warehouse of Amazon in Canada to do so.
After the closure, the Minister of Industry of Canada, Francois Philippe Champagne Write Amazon and Jassy CEO expresses his “disappointment” about the decision, saying that he “raises questions about your commitment to Canada and your Canadian partners.”
Al -Shambania said that the government will consider a review of its current dealings with Amazon.
Amazon also faces increasing pressure in employment in US workers in a warehouse from Amazon, North Carolina, are scheduled to vote next week on whether to join the Union, while the workers of both Foods voted in Philadelphia last month to join the Trade Workers Union Almohads.
Amazon staff at a facility on Statin Island, New York, in 2022, formed the first company union in an American warehouse, although they have not yet prevented a contract. The group voted on the Teamsters team last June.
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