Now, a battle lies ahead when working out the first contract between Whole Foods and the unionized workers. "This is going to be the longest uphill battle of our lives, but this is not just for us. This is for the people who come behind us and for the people who have been here," said Khy Adams, a Whole Foods employee.
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
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 flagship Whole Foods Market in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania voted to unionize and become the first union in the grocery chain's history.
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.
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.
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.
The vote marks the first successful organizing effort at Whole Foods since Amazon acquired the grocer for $13.7 billion in 2017.
Workers voted 130-100 for union representation at the Center City in Philadelphia, according to the National Labor Relations Board.