Unionized REI workers are running an insurgent campaign to elect a pro-labor candidate to the outdoor retailer’s board of directors. It’s a longshot bid for sway over the co-op’s future.

It's REI's fourth round of layoffs since the fall of 2023. REI Co-op is cutting more jobs as it shuts down its outdoor events, classes and tours department amid ongoing financial struggles.

SEATTLE — A large company based in western Washington will soon have new leadership. Issaquah-based REI announced Wednesday that president and CEO Eric Artz will retire in March. Artz has been ...

FILE- In this Nov. 13, 2018, photo Vitalii Myroshnychenko, right, test rides a bike atop a stand as Denis Rybalchenko looks on in REI Co-op's flagship store in Seattle. Experiences have been a sig ...

Advertising The Seattle local chapter of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, which represents some REI workers, said in a statement that the company’s decision is “just more evidence ...

Today, their flagship store remains proudly ... With 24 million co-op members and more than 190 locations, REI's footprint extends far beyond Seattle, yet its core values remain rooted in the ...