The whole co-op part of REI has always felt weird and forced and then when they started union busting it became clear they didn’t actually give a fuck about that part of themselves.
Of course I know it is a consumer co-op as a member but for some reason I’d always thought about it as pro worker because I associate “co-op” generally with the labor movement. Worker co-ops would be of course but that’s not the case here.
They use the good name of a COOP to get people to think that they are a good organization, when in fact they are just like every other blood sucking corporation out there - but worse cause they hide their intentions.