
NY REI Workers Vote to Form First Unionized Co-op by Decisive Majority
REI’s SoHo location made history Wednesday with a historic 88-14 vote to form the co-op’s first union.
In an in-person vote conducted by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), workers at REI’s SoHo, N.Y., store overwhelmingly voted to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU). Once the vote is certified, the RWDSU will represent approximately 116 workers at the outdoor sports equipment company in contract negotiations, which will commence this year.
The newly formed uni