REI Workers Test The Retailer’s Co-Op Identity
Unionized employees want to change the storied retailer's direction. But they'll have to get through the "member-elected" ...
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REI Sells the Great Outdoors While Workers Breathe Chemicals in a Windowless Basement
Ski shop workers at an REI in New York City went on strike after the company took away their respirators. Scenes from the REI picket line. New York City—Deep in the basement of REI’s flagship SoHo ...
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Local organizer wants to fix REI from the top—and REI is fighting to keep her off the ballot
REI is having an identity crisis. Originally formed as a co-op in 1938, it earned a strong reputation in our community for its commitment to environmental issues, fair treatment of workers, and ...
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REI Workers Test The Retailer’s Co-Op Identity
She wants new board members who will bring fresh perspectives and moderate REI’s opposition to the union campaign under its outgoing chief executive, Eric Artz, who’s expected to retire in March.
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A labor-backed Seattle activist fights for an REI co-op board seat
Unionized REI workers are running an insurgent campaign to elect a pro-labor candidate to the outdoor retailer’s board of directors. It’s a longshot bid for sway over the co-op’s future.
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REI president and CEO Eric Artz is retiring. The head of the Issaquah, Wash.-based consumer co-op will leave his post in March. Mary Beth Laughton, who was CEO of Athleta for three years ending in ...