{"id":26833,"date":"2025-01-23T15:49:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T14:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=26833"},"modified":"2025-01-23T15:49:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T14:49:38","slug":"quebec","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/uniglobalunion.org\/news\/quebec\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon actions in Quebec are &#8220;disgraceful&#8221;, says UNI&#8217;s Hoffman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The following statement on Amazon&#8217;s decision to leave Quebec, can be attributed to Christy Hoffman, General Secretary of UNI Global Union.<\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div>&#8220;It is disgraceful that Amazon has decided to\u00a0close its warehouses in Quebec, rather than\u00a0go to the bargaining table.\u00a0The company wants to scare workers across the world away from organizing.\u00a0But this desperate move will only bring more attention to the fact that- just as it does in Germany and New York- Amazon\u00a0will take desperate moves\u00a0to avoid bargaining. Workers and their allies everywhere are watching and will fight back. This fight is not just about the 1,700 jobs lost in Quebec\u2014it is about defending the dignity of work everywhere.\u201d<\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div>RE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/montreal\/amazon-warehouse-closures-quebec-1.7438078\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon to close Quebec facilities, insists it&#8217;s not because of new union | CBC News<\/a><\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div><em>Representing more than 20 million workers in 150 countries, <\/em><strong><em>UNI Global Union<\/em><\/strong><em> is driven by the responsibility to ensure skills and service jobs are decent jobs and that workers\u2019 rights are protected, including the right of union representation and collective bargaining.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following statement on Amazon&#8217;s decision to leave Quebec, can 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