Amazon to face legal pushback as anger over Quebec facility closures grows [Video]

The battle lines have been drawn in a growing feud between Amazon and workers in Quebec as the union prepares to announce a lawsuit in retribution to the company’s province-wide facility closures.

On Jan. 22, the U.S. e-commerce giant said it will close all seven of its facilities in Quebec over the next couple of months, laying off about 2,000 permanent and temporary workers — a number the Ministry of Labour has since confirmed will actually exceed 4,500 after including delivery service partners.

Caroline Senneville, president of Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN), said it will be presenting its legal challenge on Tuesday.

“Our legal department is working really hard and has been for the last few days, and we will be able to announce on what grounds the company breached labour code and what legal action we will take,” she said.

Senneville said this could include a fight for worker compensation …