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 He announced late last month You will gradually get rid of seven sites in Quebec “after a recent review” of its operations in the province, which is the only site in Canada with the Amazon union staff. 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 increased pressure pressure in American workers in the Amazon warehouse in North Carolina It is scheduled to vote next week About whether to join the union, while the Foods workers in Philadelphia Last month To join the Food and Trade Workers Union.
Amazon employees at a facility on Statin Island, New York, In 2022 The company's first union formed in an American warehouse, although it has not yet obtained a contract. The group voted on the Teamsters team last June.
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