REI's Cleveland workers file to unionize following California and New York colleagues
Trailing decisions to unionize in Berkeley, California, and New York City's SoHo, workers at Cleveland's REI location made the decision Wednesday to file for union election.
The move, which follows roughly one year of deliberation, comes among complaints of"irregular scheduling" and unfair wages during, workers say, REI's largest profit margin in its 84-year history. According to a press release from the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, a"majority" of REI Cleveland's 55 workers leaned towards filing with RWDSU, which represents 100,000 workers across the U.S.
Dave Hein, a bike services and ski mechanic at Cleveland's REI, said the move trails the trend of retail workers — in tech, coffee or outdoor goods — uniting in a push to combat the pandemic's stamp on the economy. "One hundred years ago, it was coal miners; 70 years ago, it was auto workers; today, it's retail," Hein said, via RWDSU's release.
"We weathered the pandemic, and kept the company afloat," he added."We stretched ourselves thin helping the company achieve its highest profit margin ever. AndHein's language mimics similar pushes, like the union drive last March when REI's SoHo store voted 88 to 14 to join RWDSU. The unionization, REI's first, followed a steady stream of mostly younger, liberal and college-educated retail workers who decided to take matters into their own hands.
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