Why REI’s Grassroots Unionization Efforts Are Spreading Across the Fleet ‘Like Wildfire’

May 22, 2023

“The pandemic seems to have sort of changed the labor environment in a way that sort of opened up an opportunity for unions,” said John Logan, a labor professor at San Francisco State University. “Particular kinds of workers are very attracted to the idea of organizing right now as a result of the way they were treated during the pandemic.” FN