REI Company Info
Department category that sells clothing and shoes
What is soft goods?
How much union jargon should we use in convos, such as "status quo," "NLRB," and "inoculation"?
Rarely unless you're defining it! Explain concepts without the jargon.
What law firm did REI recently hire to support their union busting?
What is Morgan Lewis?
What minimum percentage support is optimal to file for a union election at REI?
What is 70%?
What's the simple definition of inoculation that Molly shared from Boston?
What is "a union-busting vaccine"?
Hours can often be tied to REI workers' performance in selling these
What are co-op lifetime memberships?
This common organizing phrase can make you sound like a used car salesman to REI workers
What is "the union is like an insurance policy"?
The manager at this REI store claimed to already have a fair discipline process, saying they don't adhere to "at-will ideals"
Where is REI Durham?
Where and when should inoculation be done?
What is in person and before you sign cards?
REI planted anti-union leaflets on workers' cars with intentional typos at which REI store?
Where is REI Berkeley?
Part-time employees require this number of average weekly hours for the better Choice/Saver healthcare plan
What is 20 hours?
"The union is going to come in and you'll lose the right to represent yourself" is an example of what common union busting language trick?
What is third partying the union?
In REI Cleveland, these three D-words were used to describe the RWDSU
What is Divisive, Disruptive, & Disrespectful
How long should it take you to sign cards for 70%+ of the bargaining unit?
What is less than 3 weeks?
In letters to coworkers explaining why unions were wrong for REI, workers insisted they felt this way about unions
What is "not anti-union"?
Berkeley Retail Sales Specialist Samuel Wirt is consistently capped at this average weekly hour amount to prevent him from reaching full time status
What is 31.95 hours?
When a manager says "the union is going to come in and speak for you", what is the best response?
What is we are the union?
This REI executive held a captive audience meeting in one store before deciding not to do any more captive audience meetings themselves
Who is Dan Rodriguez?
At least what % of the overall bargaining unit should be inoculated before filing for your election?
What is 50%?
What are the three main buckets of union busting tactics? (the "3 phases of union busting")
What is Misinformation, Give Us Another Chance, and Emotional Appeal?
If a part-timer works 20 hours a week for one month, how many sick leave hours would they accrue in that month?
What is 2.64 hours of sick leave?
Instead of saying, “Having a union will get you better pay and benefits," how could you reframe it?
What is, "When we form our union, we'll have more power to negotiate for our pay and benefits."
These two benefits were unlawfully taken away from the Berkeley store
What are Summit Pay and COVID contingency pay?
How do you build resiliency for the bargaining campaign?
What is ongoing leadership development?
What is one example of another event you need to inoculate for, aside from the election-related union busting?
What is workplace collective action like delivering a letter to management, a strike, or how REI has been at the bargaining table