Whole Foods Workers in Philadelphia Vote to Form Chain’s First Union

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Workers at a Whole Foods Market in Philadelphia voted on Monday to become the first unionized store in Amazon’s grocery chain, opening a new front in the e-commerce giant’s efforts to fend off labor organizing in multiple segments of its business.

Whole Foods Workers in Philadelphia Vote to Form Chain’s First Union

The union win comes as Amazon, which owns the grocery chain, is also fighting labor organizing in its warehouse and delivery businesses.

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Of course. After the douchebag Bezos bought it.

 

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In unfair labor practice charges filed with the labor board earlier this month, U.F.C.W. Local 1776, which represents food and retail workers in Pennsylvania, accused Whole Foods of firing an employee in retaliation for supporting the union drive. The union also accused the chain of excluding the store’s employees from receiving a raise that had been given this month to all its other workers in the Philadelphia area.