"1,200 Winnipeg-based Canada Goose workers vote to unionize", 2 December 2021

Nearly nine in 10 Canada Goose employees who work at the company's Winnipeg production facility have voted to unionize.

Eighty-six per cent of the roughly 1,200 garment workers voted in favour of joining the Workers United Canada Council, the union said...

"This marks the largest private sector victory for manufacturing workers in over 30 years and is a culmination of a three-year effort by the workers, most of whom are immigrant women sewers," a WUCC news release says...

Wages and fair representation were all factors in the latest vote, [Rabia Syed, a local organizer with WUCC] said...

Workers alleged there were problematic terminations and discipline, and took issue with being paid based on how many pieces they produce, or a piece-rate system, that some felt was unfair...

A Canada Goose spokesperson said the goal of the company has always been to support staff and "respect their right to determining their own representation."

"We welcome Workers United as the union representative for our employees across our manufacturing facilities in Winnipeg and look forward to working alongside them as we have in Scarborough and Toronto for decades," the spokesperson said in a statement...