Amazon workers in the Greater Toronto Area launch fight for better jobs with Unifor

TORONTO, Nov. 4, 2026 /CNW/ -- Ahead of Black Friday and the busy holiday shopping season Amazon workers from facilities across the Greater Toronto Area launched a new organizing initiative with Unifor today, standing together for safe jobs, fair pay and respect at work.

"Amazon workers want and deserve better working conditions, safer jobs, fairer pay, dignity and respect," said Unifor National President Lana Payne. "That's what this fight is about--the courage of workers to come together and challenge one of the world's biggest and most profitable corporations and demand better."

Amazon reported operating income of US$28.1 billion in the third quarter of 2026, with an operating margin of almost 14%, the highest in the company's history. Meanwhile, many Amazon associates received a wage increase of only $1/hour in 2026.

Amazon workers at the YVR2 warehouse in Delta, B.C., organized with Unifor and are on the cusp of being awarded the first collective agreement at Amazon in North America.

"Amazon workers are getting hurt on the job at alarming rates, and too many are afraid to speak up for fear of being punished," said Unifor Ontario Regional Director Samia Hashi. "Workers have a legal right to organize a union in their workplace. That decision belongs to them, not to Amazon, and when they stand together, they have real power."

Data from Ontario's Workplace Safety and Insurance Board shows the injury rate at Amazon in 2025 was more than double the rate in 2020, and the number of injury claims per year has nearly tripled.

Ontario is home to more than half of Amazon's Canadian workforce and a majority of its fulfilment centres in Canada.

Amazon workers in the Greater Toronto Area who want to get involved can visit warehouseworkersunite.ca/amazonchapter.

Unifor is Canada's largest union in the private sector, representing 320,000 workers in every major area of the economy. The union advocates for all working people and their rights, fights for equality and social justice in Canada and abroad, and strives to create progressive change for a better future

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