The REI Union has been organizing stores since 2022. For
four years, REI has refused to reach a first contract with workers,
union busted, and slashed benefits. Now, REI Union workers have voted to
authorize a boycott of this year's "Anniversary Sale" from May 15th to 25th.

We need your help to make this boycott hit hard. Join workers, union staffers, and community members leafleting in from of stores during the sale to turn away customers and support the union.

Flyering will happen throughout the sale, but we are particularly focused on the weekend days as traffic is heaviest then. The boycott applies to all the stores and so there will be leafleting at the Boston, Framingham, and Reading locations, but the most support will be in Boston at the union Fenway location. Flyers will be provided and training is available if you want it.

Join us on Saturday May 23rd at REI Fenway to put some solidarity in action!

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/rei-boycott-flyering-523

Boston DSA’s Annual Local Convention is where the membership of the chapter puts our collective vision of participatory democracy into practice. We make the most important decisions and conduct the most important business for the chapter’s upcoming year at Convention, including appointing the new Coordinating Committee and Harassment and Grievance Officers, hearing in-depth report backs on the chapter’s activities in the past year, and updating our chapter’s bylaws. But it’s not all procedural wrangling! After the business portion is concluded, we’ll have an all-member social to put the social in socialism.

Voting for chapterwide offices will open after the candidate forum on Monday, May 11 (RSVP: bdsa.us/CandidateForum). Voting will close at the start of Convention. Candidate statements were emailed to members on Saturday, April 25, so check your email to see who’s running!

The check-in window is from 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m., and we will be starting Convention proper promptly at 1 o'clock. Please aim to arrive during the check-in window to allow yourself time to check in and get seated.

Much of the afternoon will be devoted to debate blocks. The initial compendium of proposals was emailed out to all members on Saturday, April 25; members should expect the full convention packet, with all amendments and the full agenda, in their inbox by May 13. In addition, our outgoing Treasurer and Membership Coordinators will present their annual reports.

Our keynote speaker will be our endorsed State House candidate Evan McKay, and there may be some other very special guest speakers in the works!

While the business portion of Convention is for chapter members, the social from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. is open to your DSA-curious friends and non-DSA partners. The social will feature a beer and wine cash bar, courtesy of the hospitality of the Center for Arts at the Armory. Dinner and snacks will be provided, and our party planning committee is hard at work cooking up a revolutionarily good playlist for dancing.

So join us, either in person or via Zoom, Saturday, May 23rd from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. for Boston DSA’s Annual Local Convention, at Somerville Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Avenue in Somerville. We hope to see you there!

*Link to RSVP on ActionNetwork:* https://actionnetwork.org/events/boston-dsa-2026-annual-meeting