Visit seattlepi.com's home page for more Seattle news. Contact Seattle photographer Joshua Trujillo at joshuatrujillo@seattlepi.com or on Twitter as @joshtrujillo. June 20, 2014 JOSHUA TRUJILLO ...

Unionized REI workers and labor advocates staged a rally outside the flagship REI store in downtown Seattle on March 3 to protest the company's approach to labor issues. The National Labor Relations ...

To survive, REI needed to focus on selling outdoor gear and apparel. Margaret Cary, a Seattle resident who attended REI’s news conference last week, said she’s been a member since the early 1990s.

Unionized REI employees are calling on members of the outdoor retail co-op to vote no in this year’s board of director elections after the company excluded two union-backed candidates from the ballot.

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. Elaine Thompson / AP ...

Seattle REI Workers and Councilmember Kshama Sawant gather at the Seattle REI Flagship store to celebrate a big win for workers fighting for secure scheduling, strong wages, and cost of living ...

Seattle’s Pete Smith has been fitting hikers with boots for the last 24 years. By Jennifer Lee ... A footwear specialist at REI for nearly 24 years, Smith educates customers on the physical fit of ...

Seattle police respond to a shoplifting call at the REI flagship store in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood on Wednesday, November 22, 2023.

Seattle-founded REI cut 275 retail jobs, including 19 in Washington, as part of a broader plan to restructure stores. The layoffs affect 2 percent of the outdoor retailer’s workforce nationally.

REI logo FILE: REI Seattle flagship store on October 27, 2015 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Suzi Pratt/Getty Images for REI) By KIRO 7 News Staff. October 12, 2023 at 5:28 pm PDT.

A pedestrian walks by REI's flagship store in New York, where last year workers formed the company's first union. ... A shopper walks through REI's store in Seattle in 2018.