https://www.siliconvalley.com/2022/01/23/workers-at-rei-store-in-manhattan-seek-to-form-retailers-only-union/ > NEW YORK — Employees at an REI store in Manhattan filed for a union election Friday, making the outdoor equipment and apparel retailer the latest prominent service-industry employer whose workers have sought to unionize. > Amazon employees in Bessemer, Alabama, rejected a union in an election last year, though the National Labor Relations Board later threw out the result, citing improprieties on the part of the company, and ordered a new election to begin next month.