Amazon

• Online retail giant Amazon stops bladed-weapon sales to Manitobans in wake of new law

  Online retail outlet Amazon said Tuesday it has halted all shipments of machetes and other long-bladed weapons to Manitoba addresses.

  Crime

  Mar 11
  
• Anti-Amazon protesters in Montreal rally once again for boycott demonstration

  Protesters accusing Amazon of union-busting gathered in downtown Montreal to continue their calls for a boycott of the company.

  Canada

  Mar 3
  
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• Amazon starts closing Quebec warehouses as union president calls for boycott

  Amazon has not responded to requests for comment but has previously dismissed claims that the layoffs are linked to a recent unionization push in the province.

  Canada

  Feb 8
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• Union calls for Amazon boycott, asks feds, Quebec to cut ties with company

  The union called the move 'blatant union-busting,' which violates several sections of the labour code, and an attempt to intimidate workers across the country.

  Canada

  Feb 4
• Amazon to face legal pushback as anger over Quebec facility closures grows

  The battle lines have been drawn in a growing feud between Amazon and its Quebec workers as the union readies a lawsuit over the company's province-wide facility closures.

  Canada

  Feb 3
• Collision with Amazon van turns into insurance nightmare for Calgary couple

  A Calgary couple is fighting with their insurance company to fix damage their mechanic say was caused two years ago during a hit-and-run collision with an Amazon delivery van.

  Consumer

  Jan 27
• Amazon to close all 7 Quebec warehouses, says it’s not union based

  The decision comes amid strained labour relations with unionized employees at the multinational's warehouse in Laval, Quebec.

  Canada

  Jan 22
• Amazon workers in 5 states go on strike in push for contracts

  The Teamsters union called it the largest strike against the company in U.S. history, although Amazon said it did not expect the labour action to impact its operations.

  Economy

  Dec 19, 2024
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• Edmonton porch pirate foiled by poopy surprise

  Porch piracy is universally reviled, and, in Edmonton, one of those would-be thieves got a taste of their own medicine Tuesday morning — though it was completely by accident.

  Consumer

  Dec 17, 2024
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• Amazon’s challenge of warehouse’s unionization rejected by Quebec labour tribunal

  In a decision dated Tuesday, administrative judge Irène Zaïkoff also rejected Amazon's request that the union certification be revoked.

  Canada

  Oct 23, 2024