Unions had gained a foothold in one of the company’s warehouses in the province, though Amazon would not say if there was a connection.

The online retail giant said the move was not linked to recent unionization efforts by workers in the Canadian province.

Just one day after news broke that Amazon is pulling all of its operations out of Quebec, the Amazon sign had been removed from the massive recently built Lachine distribution

A company spokesperson said Amazon will outsource deliveries to smaller contractors. The spokesperson insisted that the decision was tied to cost savings — not the recent unionization of about 300 employees at the Laval,

Amazon.com said it is open to talks with officials from the Canadian and Quebec governments about the decision to shut down operations in the country’s French-speaking province, which would lead to 1,

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.

Amazon facilities in Quebec will close in the coming weeks and 1,700 jobs will go with it. The company, which is set to outsource deliveries to smaller contractors, said the decision is due to cost savings and not he recent unionization of about 200 employees at a Laval,

Retail giant Amazon is ending its operations in Québec, closing seven operation sites and cutting roughly 1,900 jobs, according to Radio-Canada. It will continue to deliver orders to customers in Québec through third-party distributors, similar to how it operated in 2020, the company said.

National CP – Amazon Canada announced they will be closing all seven of their warehouses in Quebec, resulting in a staff layoff over the next two months. The decision came following a difficult relationship between Amazon and unionized labour workers in Laval, Que.

Amazon announced this morning that it is pulling out of Quebec. Over the next two months Amazon be will shutting down several centres of operation – a fulfillment centre, three delivery stations, two sorting centres, and an AMXL delivery station including the one in Lachine.

E-commerce giant Amazon.com is exiting its operations in the Canadian province of Quebec, leading to the loss of about 1,700 full-time jobs, the company said on Wednesday, prompting Ottawa to express its unhappiness.

One is in Coteau-du-Lac, about 60 kilometres west of the city. In 2021, when Amazon announced five new facilities in Quebec, the company had said it was eager to expand its operations in the ...