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.

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,

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

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.

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

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,

The federal industry minister is calling for a review of Ottawa's business relationship with Amazon after the company said it will close all seven of its warehouses in Quebec. They'll have me fighting to make sure that this is not going to go unanswered in Canada, Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said.

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,

Amazon is moving to a third-party delivery and in turn closing its seven warehouses in Quebec — with 1,700 regular employees set to be laid off between now and March. Amazon has warehouses in Laval, Lachine,

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.

A Unifor spokesperson says workers at Amazon's Windsor, Ont., facility have expressed interest in unionizing. In 2021, when the company announced five new facilities in Quebec, it said it was eager to expand its operations in the province, touting the need to respond to greater demand and speed up delivery times.

Amazon Canada says it will close all of its Quebec warehouses and lay off nearly 2,000 staff over the next two months. The e-commerce giant positioned the move as a way to provide "even more savings to our customers over the long run" and dismissed concerns that it was linked to a recent unionization push in the province.