Unionized workers at REI’s Soho store went on strike this week after the retailer doubled down on a new policy to stop providing respirators for potentially hazardous ski repair work and threatened ski shop workers with termination, the union representing the staffers alleged.
More than a dozen workers and union allies braved the cold to form a picket line outside the store on Wednesday, handing informational fliers to shoppers and passersby. While some employees returned to work later in the week, ski shop staffers remained on strike as of Friday with no set plans to return until the company heeds their concerns.
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