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.

A Canadian union that successfully unionized one warehouse accused the company of closing its sites to fend off organizing efforts in the region.

Amazon plans to close all its Quebec warehouses, resulting in 1,700 permanent job losses, drawing criticism from unions and government. The closures are seen as a potential anti-union measure while Amazon denies it,