Unionized REI workers say they are "bringing the bargaining tables to the company" on Thursday by hiking out to the chain's headquarters to demand progress on contract negotiations. The first of nine stores to unionize across the company has been bargaining with REI for two years, leaving eight other stores, including one in Bellingham, waiting for their turn to negotiate contracts with the company. Union members allege that progress has stalled and workers at unionized stores are now actually earning less than non-unionized employees due to the delay. In that time, REI changed its legal representation, leading the company to restart bargaining with the first unionized store from the beginning. Read the full story here: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/rei-union-members-picket-contracgt-nevotiations/281-1f211356-755c-46ce-b3b9-1e16430edea0