Overview

• The Quebec labour tribunal has begun hearings on Amazon's January closure of seven warehouses in the province, which resulted in 1,700 job losses.
• The closures came months after workers at Amazon's Laval facility unionized under the Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN).
• The CSN is petitioning the tribunal to reverse the closures and secure one year’s salary for all affected employees.
• Amazon is requesting the tribunal limit its review to the 287 unionized workers in Laval, excluding six non-unionized sites from the case.
• Amazon maintains the closures were driven by cost-efficiency goals, denying allegations of anti-union motives.