British Columbia’s Labour Relations Board has rejected a bid by e-commerce giant Amazon to overturn an earlier decision that awarded union certification to workers at a facility in Delta, B.C.

In a new decision dated Tuesday, a Labour Relations Board panel ruled that it agrees with the board’s original decision in July that ordered remedial certification due to Amazon ramping up hiring “in order to thwart the union’s certification application.”

The panel says evidence presented by union Unifor showed “a deliberate decision by the employer” to increase its employee roster to dilute union support during its membership drive.

The decision also says the move for Amazon to intentionally pad its employee list and then using it to argue that union does not meet the threshold for certificatio

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