The Amazon-owned grocery store brand says it's 'disappointed' in the employees' plan to join the United Food and Commercial Workers union.
The union's election win, which workers called "historic," tees up another organizing battle inside Amazon's workforce.
Workers voted 130-100 for union representation at the Center City in Philadelphia, according to the National Labor Relations Board.
Workers at a Pennsylvania Whole Foods store voted on Monday to unionize, forming the first union in the organic grocery chain owned by Amazon.
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 Whole Foods Market in Philly have voted to unionize, becoming the first group of employees to pull off a labor win at the chain.
Employees at a Philadelphia Whole Foods made history as the first Amazon-owned grocery chain to unionize following a Monday vote. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) cited a 130-100 vote of
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.
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.
Whole Foods workers at a flagship store in Philadelphia have won the supermarket chain's first labor union since its 2017 purchase by Amazon.
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.