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Feb 8 6 tweets 3 min read
The "informational" union website constructed by @REI is live at:

our.rei.com
Themes include "Dues! Dues! Have you heard about dues?!"

Just to flag: this is why we can't tiptoe around dues. If we don't talk to our coworkers about dues, our bosses will.
Implied threats of termination coupled with a complete omission of what unions *do* do, which is raise wages and benefits across the board.
Presentations of unions as coercive, when in fact our working conditions are coercive when we don't have democratic infrastructure to negotiate our conditions in good faith.
Etc.

@REI: this website misrepresents workers unions and uses threatening language to discourage unionization. I'm an REI member and a unionized worker, and I strongly feel this website utterly fails to create a cooperative environment for your staff.

our.rei.com

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