An Amazon Prime delivery truck was parked outside the Whole Foods Market Market store in El Segundo, California on August 26, 2024.
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WHOLE FOODS employees in a store in Philadelphia voted on Monday night to decide to form a union, marking the first successful organizational movement Amazon-1 own high -end grocery stores.
A spokesman for UFCW said that the store workers agreed with 130 votes and 100 votes to join the United Food and Commercial Workers’ Alliance. The store is located in the spring garden community of Philadelphia and has about 300 workers.
Voting is the latest situation of Amazon workers put pressure on the company to provide higher wages and safety improvement. In recent years, Amazon has faced efforts in its warehouses and delivery employees. The company believes that its employees do not need a union, Stand up and destroy Its control over labor.
Employees hope that the trade union can help them negotiate to increase their wages, improve their schedule, and ensure that they “do not allow us to burn fair workload.” UFCW webpage Detailed explanation of the advertising series. Employee Apply for union elections In November with the State Labor Relations Commission.
Some employees of UFCW and the store said in November After applying for a union voting, the full -food management carried out the “active anti -union movement”. UFCW has carried out many unfair labor practices for NLRB during the driving of the union.
One chapter on behalf of workers UFCW Local 1776 president Wendell Young said in a statement: “This battle is far from over, but today’s victory is an important step forward.” On the bargaining statement, negotiate a fair first contract to reflect the needs and priority of workers. “
Whole Foods said in a statement that the results of the election were “disappointed” and added that it provided employees with “competitive salary, huge benefits and career development opportunities.”
The company said: “We are committed to maintaining an active working environment in the central city store of Philadelphia.”
Since its acquisition for $ 13.7 billion in 2017, WHOLE FOODS has been to a large extent Amazon’s autonomous subsidiary. But recently, Amazon tries to make WHOLE FOODS closer. Company Monday Light shooting all food chief executive Jason Buechel In order to expand its role in leading its global grocery business, including its fresh supermarket chain stores, online grocery services and Go SISPORINCE stores.
Since the acquisition in 2017, Philadelphia’s Voting on Monday marked the first successful league campaign since the whole food.
Employees of a whole food merchant store in Madison, Wisconsin, voted to join UFCW in 2002, but the store’s employees Dissolved alliance 2003.
The victory of labor is because Amazon faced the foundation of union activities in its warehouse and delivery of labor in recent years. Employees try to obtain higher wages and improve working conditions.
Amazon Controversial The criticism of its employees, legislators and advocates groups is that the speed of their work pace has led to the high damage rate of its front -line workers. It also postponed complaints because it had engaged in the activities of destroying the union. Last year Amazon joined SpaceX and Trader Joe’s to argue that NLRB was unconstitutional. NLRB has accused Amazon in violation of the federal labor law in several cases.
The company’s employee on Stanton Island, New York, at the scene In 2022 Although they have been working hard to negotiate contracts, the company’s first union of the company has been established in the US warehouse. The team voted in June last year to decide the branch of the teammates.
Northern Carolina State Amazon Warehouse Workers Plan to hold an alliance election next monthEssence
