Summary
REI apologized for endorsing Trump interior secretary nominee Doug Burgum, citing backlash over his support for fossil fuel drilling and deregulation.
CEO Mary Beth Laughton, who took over March 31, called the endorsement “a mistake” and pledged to refocus REI on protecting public lands.
The co-op will lead a new coalition, Brands for Public Lands, to lobby for conservation.
The REI Union, which had criticized the endorsement, praised the retraction. The company also faces legal challenges over alleged anti-union practices and benefits withholding.
Log in to your account? Check your email? I got an email about it a few weeks ago.
Gotcha, thanks. Didn’t know I had an online account with them. I normally got everything through the mail.
Edit: I guess I’m gonna have to schlep up to their physical store and figure this out.
https://vote.escvote.com/REI/
But they changed the terms so you must now be an “active” member in order to vote. I found out I hadn’t spent enough money recently that I had been disenfranchised.
Damn, not an active member, and not likely to be this year either