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The new Remco members will join their H&M sisters and brothers from the Mississauga Square One location as proud members of UFCW Canada Local 175, the country’s largest local union. The Brampton facility is devoted exclusively to supplying H&M stores, and employs about 70 workers.

Head of UNI Commerce, Alke Boessiger said, “We are delighted that the Remco workers have successfully campaigned to join UFCW. We will continue to back them to ensure that H&M adheres to its code of conduct which is applicable to all its suppliers and sub-contractors. UNI has signed a global framework with H&M which comes with high expectations that the company will act ethically and protect workers’ rights.”

“The success really shows how strong people can be in their determination,” said UFCW Canada national representative Kevin Shimmin, who assisted the Remco workers with their successful campaign. “My hat is off completely to the workers themselves. They were the ones at the end of the day who built this whole campaign.”

The workers were inspired to seek unionization in a bid to lift wages, secure overtime pay and receive recognition for seniority, said Shimmin.

Remco has more than 150,000 metre square of warehousing space in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, where it operates the other distribution warehouse that supplies H&M stores in Canada.