Amazon’s Quebec pull-out hits locals | City News
1 day ago · The closures, says CSN President Caroline Senneville, “are part of an anti-union campaign against the CSN and Amazon employees.” Quebec was the only Amazon location in Canada represented by a ...
Amazon’s Retribution in Quebec Should Be a Wake-Up Call for
Amazon has a relatively small footprint in the province; a typical Amazon fulfillment center in the United States has more workers than the combined payroll of the company’s seven Quebec facilities.
What Amazon's Quebec exit means for shoppers, workers, …
6 days ago · In Quebec alone, Amazon has spent billions. A major slice of Amazon’s investments in the province have been directed to its Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centre operations in Montreal. From 2016 to 2021, the company invested $1.4 billion on the project, creating an annual average of 484 local jobs for the centre’s construction and operations.
Amazon Closes Its Operations in Quebec, Laying Off 1,700 Workers
Jan 22, 2025 · François Legault, the premier of Quebec, said Amazon’s move was “a private decision by a private company.” “I can understand that it must be tough for the 1,700 families involved,” Mr ...
Amazon agrees to discuss closures of Quebec warehouses with …
6 days ago · Amazon is willing to discuss the closures of its Quebec warehouses with Canadian and provincial officials, confirmed Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Public Services and Procurement of Canada — on Friday afternoon. What this all means is still very unclear. This comes after the Minister François-Philippe Champagne published a letter to the American e …
Amazon closing all Quebec warehouses, cutting jobs - CTV News
Jan 22, 2025 · Online retail giant Amazon is closing all its warehouses in Quebec, a spokesperson confirmed to CTV News. The company says it will cease operations over the next two months in various centres and ...
Amazon closing Quebec warehouses, laying off 1,700 employees
Jan 22, 2025 · Amazon is moving to a third-party delivery and in turn closing its seven warehouses in Quebec — with 1,700 regular employees set to be laid off between now and March. Amazon has warehouses in Laval, Lachine, Longueuil, and Côteaux-du-Lac — one fulfilment centre, two sorting centres, three delivery stations and a facility that ships large […]
Canada calls for review of 'business relationship' with Amazon …
6 days ago · Amazon has announced it will close all of its operations in Quebec, resulting in nearly 2,000 people losing their jobs. The decision has some questioning the timing of the closure because one of ...
A brief history of Amazon in Quebec: A rapid expansion, and a …
Jan 22, 2025 · Amazon is ordered to pay a total of $30,000 in moral and punitive damages. Jan. 22, 2025. Amazon announces it will shutter its facilities in Quebec in the coming weeks. A company spokesperson says ...
Amazon to Close Warehouses in Quebec, Eliminating 1,900 Jobs
Jan 22, 2025 · Amazon will close its seven Quebec sites and terminate about 1,900 permanent and temporary workers in the coming weeks. “Quebec’s sole specificity lies in the presence of an officially certified union, the only one in Canada,” the Federation of …