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Amazon workers in Montréal started a unionizing campaing last week

The article is in French, but here is a quick summary. Workers of the Lachine Amazon warehouse (in Montréal, Québec, Canada) are trying to get their coworkers to sign up to unionize, mainly for better wages, more respect towards workers and better treatment of work injuries. They want to use the momentum of what happened in New York. One worker's quote : “Lots of people quit because they injured their knees, their back. There is so much pressure. Managers treat us like robots, but politely. They tell us : “I love working with you, you are amazing”” Amazon allegedly sent bosses from Ottawa and Toronto to discourage workers from unionizing. Interesting fact : the only Walmart store that ever was unionized was in the province of Québec, in the city of Jonquières. Source : https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2022/05/02/des-employes-damazon-syndiques-au-quebec


The article is in French, but here is a quick summary.

Workers of the Lachine Amazon warehouse (in Montréal, Québec, Canada) are trying to get their coworkers to sign up to unionize, mainly for better wages, more respect towards workers and better treatment of work injuries. They want to use the momentum of what happened in New York.

One worker's quote :
“Lots of people quit because they injured their knees, their back. There is so much pressure. Managers treat us like robots, but politely. They tell us : “I love working with you, you are amazing””

Amazon allegedly sent bosses from Ottawa and Toronto to discourage workers from unionizing.

Interesting fact : the only Walmart store that ever was unionized was in the province of Québec, in the city of Jonquières.

Source : https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2022/05/02/des-employes-damazon-syndiques-au-quebec

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