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An Amazon warehouse in Montreal's Lachine borough, on Wednesday January 22, 2025. Photo by John Mahoney/Postmedia

Financial Post: Amazon closures a ‘slap in the face’ to Quebec workers, union says

January 23, 2025 — 

Adam King, assistant professor at the University of Manitoba’s labour studies program, said Canada’s provincial labour laws are “quite a bit stronger,” particularly in Quebec and British Columbia, compared to the federal framework in the United States, where Amazon has been accused of trying to stymie unionization efforts.

“Some of the things that Amazon is widely known to do, they can’t do in Canada and particularly in Quebec,” he said. “For example, in the United States, they force workers into what are called captive audience meetings, where they make them attend these mandatory meetings where they tell them all the things that are wrong with unionization and why they shouldn’t. You can’t do that in Canada.”

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