An Amazon senior govt has informed a labour tribunal that unionization efforts by Quebec staff have been mentioned in conferences by administration, although not intimately.
Amazon’s director of operations for Canada informed the Tribunal administratif du travail he knew there was some unionization exercise on the e-commerce big’s distribution centre in Lachine.
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However Jasmin Begagic mentioned he doesn’t bear in mind who raised the problem in conferences, and that he didn’t know the specifics.
The labour board is listening to a criticism filed by the Confédération des syndicats nationaux union following the closure of Amazon’s seven warehouses in Quebec in January.
The union alleges the closures and layoffs have been an try by Amazon to close down rising unionization efforts and keep away from obligations underneath the Quebec Labour Code.
Amazon maintains the closures weren’t on account of unionization, however quite to a want to assessment its enterprise mannequin and save tens of millions of {dollars} by doing enterprise with third events.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Oct. 16, 2025.
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