The location at 905 W. Eastman St. is now the fourth unionized REI store in the country
Employees at REI march to the store to announce their intention to file for a union election on March 31, 2023, in Chicago.
In a statement, REI worker and organizing committee member Sarah Diefenbach said the vote was a “win for the people who REI has unfairly fired, denied transfers and promotions to, denied the opportunity to flourish in the proper department to and so many other grievances.
In March, REI staff asked company management to voluntarily recognize their union, which REI declined to do. The workers thenREI employees rally after presenting terms to unionize to the store on March 31, 2023. The unionized stores make up a small fraction of the company’s approximately 180 locations across the country, but represent momentum within the labor movement to organize employees of retail giants like Starbucks and Amazon.
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