REI Co-op Members Back Workers, Reject Board-Imposed Candidate Slate - Non Profit News

REI Co-op Members Back Workers, Reject Board-Imposed Candidate Slate - Non Profit News

Credit: Coolcaesar on Wikimedia Commons At its annual membership meeting on May 8, REI Co-op received a wake-up call. All three candidates nominated by the board for vacant seats were rejected by REI’s membership. An estimated 115,000 members of the nation’s largest consumer co-op voted to deny them their support. This was a victory for the over 600 unionized workers at 11 REI stores across the country, who collectively have formed the REI Union…