E-commerce giant Amazon.com is exiting its operations in Quebec, leading to the loss of about 1,700 full-time jobs, a company spokesperson said on Wednesday. The online retailer will phase out operations across seven sites in the province — the only location in Canada with unionized Amazon employees — over the next two months.

Quebec is home to Amazon's only unionized workforce in Canada. The unionized workers in Laval were dissatisfied with what they described as a hectic work pace, low wages and inadequate health and safety measures. At a recent demonstration, the workers said they were demanding $26 per hour, a $6 increase.

The online retailer says 1,700 permanent employees in the province will be laid off, as will 250 temporary workers

Amazon Canada announced Wednesday it will close its seven warehouses in Quebec in a move that affects 1,700 employees.

Amazon.com Inc. will shut down all warehouses and lay off employees in the French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec.

Amazon facilities in Quebec will close in the coming weeks and 1,700 jobs will go with it. The company, which is set to outsource deliveries to smaller contractors, said the decision is due to cost savings and not he recent unionization of about 200 employees at a Laval,