Amazon to close all 7 Quebec warehouses, says its not union based [Video]

Amazon Canada will close all seven of its facilities in Quebec over the next couple of months, the company announced Wednesday.

Some 1,950 workers — 1,700 permanent and 250 temporary — will be laid off.

Amazon spokesperson Barbara Agrait dismissed concerns that the closures are linked to the recent unionization push in the province. She said in an email to Global that it was a way to provide “even more savings to our customers over the long run.”

One of the company’s warehouses in Laval, Que., managed to unionize back in May 2024 after a hard fight, becoming the e-commerce giant’s first Canadian warehouse to do so. This affected around 240 workers.

When asked by reporters about the closures while at his caucus meeting on Wednesday, Quebec Premier François Legault skidded around the topic, replying, “the Habs won last night, and I did not drink any orange juice this morning,” …