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亞馬遜開始關閉魁北克倉庫，工會主席呼籲抵製
抗議者周六暫時占領了英特爾通訊公司（Intelcom）的辦公室
Joe Bongiorno · 加拿大新聞社 · 2025年2月9日
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/amazon-union-boycott-1.7454649
亞馬遜在一份聲明中表示，三家倉庫已按計劃於周六關閉，而第四家倉庫則提前關閉。（Christinne Muschi/加拿大新聞社）
代表加拿大唯一一家加入工會的亞馬遜倉庫工人的工會表示，這家在線零售巨頭已於本周開始關閉其在魁北克的七家倉庫，導致數千名員工失業。
去年五月加入工會的魁北克省拉瓦爾市亞馬遜倉庫的工會主席費利克斯·特魯多表示，他已確認蒙特利爾地區的三家倉庫（包括他自己的倉庫）已於周五深夜關閉。
特魯多表示，一些工人周五晚上加班，卻發現倉庫已經關閉。他還表示，他聽說位於蒙特利爾的第四家倉庫本周早些時候關閉，盡管原定於3月份關閉。
然而，亞馬遜在一份聲明中表示，這三家倉庫已按計劃於周六關閉，而第四家倉庫的關閉時間比原計劃提前，但沒有具體說明具體時間。
據魁北克勞工組織“全國工會聯合會”（Confédération des syndicats nationalaux）稱，該公司正在裁員近2000人，但如果將分包商雇傭的工人計算在內，總裁員人數將上升至約4500人。
代表約260名亞馬遜員工的特魯多指責這家電商巨頭關閉其在該省的倉庫，以懲罰其倉庫員工去年5月成立工會的行為。
他呼籲抵製亞馬遜，直到亞馬遜重新開放其倉庫或同意向所有被解雇的員工支付一年的工資和福利。
“我們希望亞馬遜反工會、反魁北克的行為得到應有的懲罰。我們希望各級政府——市政、省和聯邦政府——不僅停止從亞馬遜采購，還應停止通過終止與亞馬遜及其所有關聯公司的合同來支持亞馬遜的行為，”他在周六的一次采訪中說道。
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周四，蒙特利爾市長瓦萊麗·普蘭特在X頻道上宣布，蒙特利爾市將停止在亞馬遜上訂購商品，“直至另行通知”。
亞馬遜此前否認了關閉倉庫與該省推動工會化有關的說法，並表示此舉旨在為客戶提供高效且經濟實惠的服務。
關閉魁北克倉庫意味著亞馬遜將恢複到2020年之前在該省使用的商業模式，即雇用當地第三方公司進行包裹遞送。
周六下午，抗議者臨時占領了位於蒙特利爾安茹區的快遞和包裹遞送公司Intelcom的一間辦公室。
抗議者之一Benoit Dumais表示，示威者希望傳遞一個信息，因為Intelcom在關閉其自有倉庫後，將成為亞馬遜在該省的主要分包商。
“我們來這裏是為了譴責亞馬遜，同時也揭露Intelcom即將成為分包商，而且他們的工作條件也非常惡劣，所以我們仍然秉持著廉價勞動密集型工作的邏輯，”他說道。
Intelcom回應這些指控稱，該公司“一直致力於為所有員工提供靈活的工作環境和成長機會”。
蒙特利爾警方發言人Jean-Pierre Brabant表示，有20至30名示威者參加了抗議活動，沒有人被捕。他表示，警方到達後不久，示威者就離開辦公室，前往大樓前抗議。
特魯多表示，抗議者將於周日在拉瓦爾前工會化的亞馬遜倉庫前舉行抗議活動。
Amazon starts closing Quebec warehouses as union president calls for boycott
Protesters temporarily occupied Intelcom office Saturday
Félix Trudeau, union president for the Laval, Que., Amazon warehouse that unionized last May said he has confirmation that three warehouses in the Montreal area, including his own, closed late Friday night.
Some workers showed up to their late shifts Friday night only to find out the warehouses closed, Trudeau said, adding he heard that a fourth warehouse, located in Montreal, closed earlier this week despite being scheduled to shutter in March.
However Amazon said in a statement that the three facilities closed Saturday as planned, while it said the fourth location closed earlier than prescribed without specifying when.
The company is cutting nearly 2,000 jobs, but the number of total layoffs rises to about 4,500 when workers employed by subcontractors are factored in, according to Quebec labour group Confédération des syndicats nationaux.
Trudeau, who represents about 260 Amazon workers, accused the e-commerce goliath of closing its warehouses in the province to punish employees at his warehouse for unionizing last May.
He has called for a boycott until Amazon reopens its facilities or agrees to pay all its laid-off employees one year's salary with benefits.
"We want there to be consequences for Amazon's anti-union, anti-Quebec actions. We want the government at the different levels of government — municipal, provincial and federal — not only to stop buying from Amazon but to stop supporting Amazon's behaviour by cutting their contracts with Amazon and all of its affiliates," he said in an interview Saturday.
On Thursday, Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante announced on X that the City of Montreal would cease ordering on Amazon "until further notice."
Amazon has previously dismissed the suggestion that the closures are linked to a unionization push in the province and has said they are aimed at delivering efficient and cost-effective services to customers.
The closure of the Quebec facilities will mean Amazon will revert to a business model it used in the province up until 2020, which employed local, third-party companies for package deliveries.
On Saturday afternoon, protesters temporarily occupied an office belonging to Intelcom, a courier and package delivery company, in Montreal's Anjou borough.
One of the protesters, Benoit Dumais, said demonstrators wanted to send a message because Intelcom will become a major subcontractor for Amazon in the province after closing down its own warehouses
"We were there to denounce Amazon but also expose that Intelcom is going to be the subcontractors and their working conditions are also very poor, so we're still in the same logic of very cheap labour-intensive work," he said.
Intelcom responded to the accusations by saying it "has always been committed to providing a flexible work environment and growth opportunities for all its employees."
Montreal police spokesperson Jean-Pierre Brabant said 20 to 30 demonstrators took part and there were no arrests. The group left the offices to protest in front of the building shortly after police arrived, he said.
Trudeau said protesters will be picketing in front of the formerly unionized Amazon warehouse in Laval on Sunday.
