Just how far will Amazon go to throttle unions?

The corporate behemoth, valued at a staggering $2.47 trillion, is notorious for its union-busting. Amazon workers at the massive JFK8 warehouse voted for their union in 2022, but nearly three years later they have yet to get to the bargaining table, as the company’s army of lawyers has repeatedly thwarted government orders to bargain. Amazon routinely harasses and fires union activists, a warning to other workers who might be thinking about stepping forward. And when faced with an obligation to bargain with groups of its contracted delivery drivers, Amazon has simply severed their contracts, firing them en masse.

Last week, however, saw Amazon hit a new low in its union-busting: to avoid having to negotiate a union contract at one warehouse in Quebec, the company shut down its operations throughout the entire province.