CBC Montreal: Amazon warehouse closures in Quebec have led to thousands of layoffs

In an interview with CBC News last week, Adam King, an assistant professor in the labour studies program at the University of Manitoba, said Amazon had tried to contest the certification of the union’s bargaining unit and lost.

“I think essentially what’s happening here is that the clock was ticking down on a first collective agreement,” King said.

A collective bargaining agreement could have led to the union expanding to other facilities in the province, King suggested.

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