Justice for Warehouse Workers
Nov 28
Justice for Warehouse Workers
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On Black Friday labour and community organizations renewed their call to boycott Amazon in solidarity with former Québec workers who lost their jobs after the company shut down its distribution centres nearly a year ago. More than 4500 workers were laid off after demanding the right to unionize and improve their working conditions. While consumers are encouraged to spend freely Amazon continues to generate massive profits. Jeff Bezos alone is... Read more →
The experience of Andy Remarais at the YUL5 sorting center cannot be understood without looking at one of the harshest moments inside Amazon warehouses. This is the Black Friday period. During these weeks pressure explodes. Package volume doubles. Trucks arrive and leave constantly. Workers become tools pushed to maintain an impossible pace that wears their bodies down. At first Andy believed he had joined a modern company that respected the... Read more →
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s call for a “very hard cap” on immigration is both misleading and harmful. Blaming newcomers for housing shortages and youth unemployment serves to distract from the real culprits: decades of neoliberal economic policy and an unregulated housing market dominated by speculative interests. The crisis is not about too many people—it’s about a system built to serve profits, not people. Migrant workers are not causing the housing... Read more →
Several media outlets covered the demonstration held in Montreal on July 8, 2025, by the Amazon Workers Committee at the Immigrant Workers Centre (IWC–CTI) and community allies. Reports from CityNews, La Presse, Le Devoir, and CBC highlighted the protesters’ demands for better protections, accountability, and concrete action from governments. On Amazon Prime Day, the Immigrant Workers Centre (IWC–CTI) held a press conference together with former Amazon workers, the Amazon Workers... Read more →
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