The Amazon-owned grocery store brand says it's 'disappointed' in the employees' plan to join the United Food and Commercial Workers union.
They go into sprint mode, they will work more hours and get more done,” said Wendell Young, president of United Food and Commercial Workers Union ... In November, workers at the Center City Whole Foods Market filed paperwork for a union election.
Whole Foods workers in a Pennsylvania store vote to form the first union under Amazon ownership, joining a local chapter of the UFCW.
Workers at a Pennsylvania Whole Foods store voted on Monday to unionize, forming the first union in the organic grocery chain owned by Amazon.
located on 2101 Pennsylvania Avenue in Philadelphia, cast 130 votes — or about 57% of the ballots cast — in favor of joining a local chapter of The United Food and Commercial Workers ...
Some 300 workers at an Amazon-owned Whole Foods store in Philadelphia have voted to unionize, mirroring a pro-union shift in public opinion, according to Gallup.
It came down to 130 voting to join the United Food and Commercial Workers and 100 voted against. Union workers come from Kroger, Albertsons-Safeway, and others.
Workers at a Whole Foods Market in Philly have voted to unionize, becoming the first group of employees to pull off a labor win at the chain.
Whole Foods workers in Philadelphia voted in favor of union representation Monday, marking the Texas-based and Amazon-owned grocer's very first union. "Despite a tsunami of illegal union busting tactics, lies, intimidation, surveillance, workers persevered and won," workers wrote on Instagram after the results were revealed.
Austin-based Whole Foods, which is owned by Amazon, is the latest grocery chain to contend with unionization after workers in Philly voted in favor.
On Monday, workers at Philadelphia’s Center City Whole Foods voted 130-100 to be represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. It marks the first ti