Hundreds to lose jobs to automation, consolidation of 2 Loblaws distribution centres | CBC News
A total of 545 employees of a distribution centre
in Laval, Que., and another 230 in Ottawa will be put out of work when
those centres are closed, and operations are moved to a new, automated
centre in Cornwall, Ont.
in Laval, Que., and another 230 in Ottawa will be put out of work when
those centres are closed, and operations are moved to a new, automated
centre in Cornwall, Ont.
Brampton,
Ont.-based Loblaw Companies Ltd. said the automated centre will also
serve its subsidiary Shoppers Drug Mart, or Pharmaprix, in Ontario and
Quebec.
“It’s a terrible way to start 2020,” said Robert Clément, a Laval centre employee who will be losing his job after 31 years.