Outdoor gear retailer REI, supplying hikers, backpackers and cyclists in Colorado since 1983 and a prominent contributor to conservation and land protection causes, is under threat of a union-backed boycott of its upcoming May anniversary sale.
On April 18, union supporters spread a 25-foot banner in front of REI’s Colorado flagship store on the South Platte River Trail in Denver, reading “Time’s Up, Fair Contract or BOYCOTT.”
The REI Union formally represents workers at only 11 of REI’s 195 stores nationally, none of which are in Colorado…