REI Union asks active coop members to vote "Withhold" for all of board's nominees

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• credo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  We’re asking you to vote NO in the upcoming Board election to hold REI accountable for all their recent behavior. Read on to learn more about all the ways REI is losing sight of itself, failing its members and workers, and jeopardizing its founding principles.

  REI endorses Trump’s pick for Secretary of the Interior

  REI’s leadership recently endorsed Doug Burgum, Trump’s pick to lead the Department of the Interior. Since joining Trump’s cabinet, Burgum has already pushed for:

  • More oil and gas drilling on public land.

  • A reversal of “harmful” and “coercive” Biden-era climate protections.

  • Reduced accountability for mining companies that harm wildlife.

  • A revision of public land protections, which could change the boundaries of our national monuments.

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• ccunning@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Active members can register and cast their votes here:
  vote.escvote.com/REI/

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  • credo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    *To be considered an “active” member and entitled to vote, a member must have purchased at least $10 worth of merchandise, had a shipping charge of at least $10, or become a new member in 2024.

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    • ccunning@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I barely made the cutoff myself; I had one purchase for one item in Feb 2024

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• NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Damn, REI sucks now

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• Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Why would a coop need a union? Isn’t a coop basically a union fused with a corporation?

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  • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    REI is a consumer co-operative, not a worker co-operative.

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    • Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Consumer cooperatives make sense in the context of a utility but not for a retail store.

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• benignintervention@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Thanks for the reminder. Just did it

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• Hawk17@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Done.

  Thanks for the info.

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• itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Done

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• ashitaka@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Voted, glad this info was presented.

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• ChillPenguin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Done.

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• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Done

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• MechanicalJester@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Done

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