This March, Texas-based men's apparel giant Men's Wearhouse - which owns Canadian retail chain Moores as well as MW Tux - announced it will close its Montreal factory where suits for the company are made, leaving 540 workers out in the cold. Men's Wearhouse CEO George Zimmer claims they have no choice but to close the factory in order to "remain competitive" - this from a company that reported revenue of $2.1 billion and profits of $147 million last year. Something doesn't add up!

Talking Points

By closing its Montreal factory, we suspect that Men's Wearhouse executives think they can cut their costs and pocket larger profits at the cost of the jobs and futures of the hundreds of employees who make the suits here in North America.

Since 1961, workers at Golden Brand factory in Montreal have been making quality suits, helping to build the reputation of Moores and later its parent company, Men's Wearhouse - and this is how they're repaid.

You can help workers like Nelia Tavares, who has worked at Golden Brand as a machine operator for 16 years, and her husband who is also employed there.

"I don't know what I'll do without this job," she explains. "The company is forgetting about the workers who have given years of their lives to make the company strong."