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A major labour union in Quebec is calling recent action by the management of an Amazon warehouse in Montreal "tactics of intimidation and harassment" that interfere with a recently launched unionization campaign.
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The Globe and Mail Barry Eidlin Published April 9, 2021 LUCY NICHOLSON/Reuters . Most Canadians had probably never heard of Bessemer, Alabama until a few weeks ago. But that small town outside of Birmingham has risen to international prominence recently as a group of 5,800 workers at an Amazon warehouse there vied to become the first group of U.S. workers at the “Everything Store” to join a union – efforts which, we learned on Friday ultimately failed. Why has this single union election grabbed international attention? It’s a convergence of four factors. Story continues below adver...