DELTA – Unifor says it has filed notice to begin the bargaining process with online retailer Amazon for a first collective agreement for workers at its warehouse in Delta, B.C.

The union says a bargaining committee has been elected and workers have been surveyed on their priorities for the contract, which include addressing the heavy workload and what’s described as “rampant favouritism.”

A statement from Unifor says that despite repeated rebukes from the B.C. Labour Relations Board, “Amazon continues to wage a misinformation war against its own employees on the shop floor.”

The labour board ordered the certification of the union in June, saying Amazon interfered with the formation of a union and was intimidating and coercive.

Unifor says it’s a “difficult pill to swallow for Amazon” t

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