Big Labor forces closure of Amazon facilities in Quebec

[Polishprince]

It took the union bosses more than 50 years to run steel mills out of business.

Nowadays, I think they are getting a little bit greedy, they could have built a nice nest egg financing casinos and other operations with the dues money.

1,700 jobs gone: Amazon shutters Québec operations after Montreal warehouse goes union

MONTREAL—Instead of preparing for upcoming bargaining sessions on their first contract, after a long-fought unionizing campaign, Amazon workers in Québec were notified Wednesday that they were all being laid off.

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[1srelluc]

From what I've heard of Amazon Warehouse operations they might be better off finding gainful employment elsewhere.

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The moment you hit that “Place Your Order” button, a chain reaction sparks, sending a team of warehouse workers and delivery drivers into the frenzy of

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[Polishprince]

From what I've heard of Amazon Warehouse operations they might be better off finding gainful employment elsewhere.

Top 10 Horrifying Facts About Working In An Amazon Warehouse - Listverse

The moment you hit that “Place Your Order” button, a chain reaction sparks, sending a team of warehouse workers and delivery drivers into the frenzy of

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Amazon isn't really a place for slackers, no doubt about it. The outfit really doesn't have room on its payroll for the number of no-show and no-work positions that union contracts demand.

 

[1srelluc]

Amazon isn't really a place for slackers, no doubt about it. The outfit really doesn't have room on its payroll for the number of no-show and no-work positions that union contracts demand.

There is an Amazon warehouse in the next county over and they can't keep help....Even the illegals have said "no mas" to them. Folks quitting en masse is commonplace there.

 

[Woodznutz]

I get Amazon deliveries late into the night. Something definitely wrong with that. I hope those drivers are making a lot of money.

 

[Polishprince]

There is an Amazon warehouse in the next county over and they can't keep help....Even the illegals have said "no mas" to them. Folks quitting en masse is commonplace there.

Amazon's long term plan is a lot more automation to resolve this.

And that's another reason why unions are a bad fit for Amazon. Union work rules often mandate that jobs be allotted even after technology changes.

 

[1srelluc]

I disabled out of Dupont (back injury) but couldn't sit about any longer getting fat so I went to work for a plumbing supply company warehouse (Ferguson) to build myself back up and saw just how hard the "migrants" of that time worked....It was assholes and elbows the whole shift but a smile on every face.

My job was out on the pipe farm operating a crane, but I'd usually get done a couple hours before shift end and would pitch in on the dock loading trailers with a forklift as nobody on night shift was trained to do so.

It's hard for me to believe, seeing how hard they worked, loading with just pallet-jacks that they would tell Amazon to pound sand.

LOL....BTW, the Ferguson weight loss/back strength building program worked!