REI COOP Election Mockery

  2025 Election Conflict:  In May 2025, REI members voted to reject the board's uncontested slate of candidates for the first time in the co-op's history, amid a "Vote No" campaign led by the  REI Union . Board Appointments:  To resolve the resulting vacancies, the board utilized its (conveniently and illegally modified) bylaws in September 2025 to appoint  Lisa Bougie ,  Eric Sprunk , and  John Vandemore .  Their positions should have been ratified by a member vote in the next annual election in 2026.  That did not happen. Therefore those 3 people have zero legitimacy and no legal mandate to sit on the REI-Coop board of directors and should immediately resign. People should ask for their resignation on all the platforms where they appear, starting with Linkedin as it is a favorite place for 'decision makers'.

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  The info is shared by the union on their Facebook page  and Instagram although without much details except" illegally implementing drastic wage and benefits cuts on union workers". We are told to wait until March 17. Sorry to find that I was right from the start: you could not trust one bit this oligarchic entrenched board of directors. I hope you push now for the only realistic strategy: