Posts tagged REI Co-op
REI Co-op to close Boston location, a unionized store, in ‘late 2026’
October 14, 2025 // REI Co-op's only Boston store will be closing next year. A spokesperson for the company, which is headquartered near Seattle, confirmed the Boston location will be closing in "late 2026." Stores in Paramus, New Jersey, and in New York City's SoHo neighborhood will also be closing next year.
Unionized Berkeley REI Workers Get Pay Raises After Labor Board Alleged They Were Shut Out
August 7, 2025 // Following a years-long organizing effort, some workers at a Berkeley REI store are set to get retroactive pay raises and bonuses as part of a labor deal with two unions representing workers at 11 stores across the country. The agreement reached last week between REI Co-op, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union — which represents the Berkeley workers — and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union establishes a national bargaining structure for unionized workers that provides compensation some workers previously did not receive between 2022 and 2024.