WE ARE THE
REI UNION
We are unionizing at REI!
We know that as workers at REI, we are at the center of what makes our stores great. Our shared passion for the outdoors and spirit of inclusiveness is what keeps our members coming into our stores. Our hard work and expertise have value and deserve respect.
We’re unionizing at REI because we have not been provided with the working conditions and benefits we need to do the job we love. REI needs to be held accountable to their stated values. Too many of us are struggling to make ends meet, and we shouldn’t have to worry about things like sudden cuts to our hours.
Having a union contract gives you and your coworkers a voice in the policies that affect your daily work lives and the ability to secure the benefits you deserve. That’s why we’re coming together at REI to advocate for guaranteed minimum hours, pay that reflects our value and seniority, improved safety standards, and real job protections - all guaranteed in writing.
We voted to unionize in Soho, Berkeley, and Cleveland to help build a better REI for everyone! We believe that the REAL way forward is with a union and that no matter where you work, you and your coworkers should have a say in how your store is run. We all deserve better. We all deserve a union.
BREAKING NEWS
REI CLEVELAND WORKERS VOTE OVERWHELMINGLY TO JOIN THE RWDSU
March 4th, 2023 – (CLEVELAND, OH) – Today, the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), announced that, by an overwhelming majority vote, workers at REI, Inc. in Beachwood, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland and the only REI location in the greater metropolitan area, have voted to join the RWDSU, making this the third unionized REI store in the nation.
Workers endured an exceptionally harsh union-busting campaign that included an attempt by REI to delay their election entirely, as well as conducting intimidating one on one meetings with workers and managers, spreading inaccurate and incomplete information with workers at daily morning huddles run by management, and unlawful surveillance of the workers by outside REI management that descended into Beachwood from other REI stores, leading to multiple Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) charges against REI. Despite these union-busting actions, REI Cleveland workers have stood strong together and prevailed. Read the full press release from RWDSU here.
Why We're Unionizing At REI
A union is a group of coworkers who come together to make work better.
This means WE are the union. We determine what our priorities are and set our goals for negotiations.
UFCW and RWDSU’s role is to to help us build our union, whether that’s helping us organize our stores, supplying legal aid, assisting in contract negotiations, or providing representatives to protect the rights and benefits we negotiate in our union contracts.
CAN
Bargain over all your working conditions, not just those REI wants to change.
Get representation, including in contract and policy negotiations and disciplinary meetings.
Have a say in all company policies that affect working conditions.
Have real job security and protection from unjust termination.
When you have a union, you…
CANNOT
Implement a contract that has not received a majority vote from you and your coworkers.
Be required to have union representation in your conversations with management.
Go on strike unless a vast majority of your coworkers vote yes to do so.
Be terminated without sufficient cause.
When you have a union, you…
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