This move — clear and brazen retaliation against organized labor — has reverberated beyond Canada’s borders. It’s not just a story about Quebec, Amazon or the 2,000 workers who now face ...

Amazon challenged the union’s right to represent the workers but lost at a provincial labor tribunal in October. Amazon’s DXT4 warehouse is seen in Laval, Quebec, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025.

Amazon first announced its plans to build facilities in Quebec in 2019, and the first facility officially opened in 2020. As of 2021, the province had a population of 8.5 million people, per ...

An employee walks past trucks at Amazon's DXT4 warehouse in Laval, Que., Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. Amazon Canada says it is closing all seven of its warehouses in Quebec.

Canada's industry minister is calling for a review of the country's business dealings with Amazon, after the company announced that it would be closing all seven of its warehouses and delivery hubs in ...

Amazon has underscored one of the biggest challenges facing organized labor in both Canada and the U.S.: the imbalance of power between workers and multibillion-dollar corporations.

Amazon closing 7 warehouses in Canada, eliminating 1,700 jobs, after 1 location unionizes Amazon’s DXT4 warehouse is seen in Laval, Quebec, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025.

The warehouses also employ 250 temporary employees. Amazon said it would enlist local, third-party companies to deliver packages, reverting to a business model it used in Quebec before 2020.