ALT Pictured is an email that states, in part "“I’m writing to share an update on something that we learned about on Friday. I want to make sure you hear about it from me directly. We were notified by the National Labor Relations Board that the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union has filed a petition for an election at our Soho store. This mean that some employees there are interested in exploring unionization. At REI, we anchor everything we do in the Co-op way. We support the rights of our employees to speak and act for what they believe – and that includes the current conversation at our Soho store. We always start from a place of respect, which is why I also want to be clear with you about the co-op’s position on unionization: we do not believe placing a union between the co-op and its employees is needed or beneficial."