Filadelphia's Hall Foods employees made a history as the first grocery chain owned by Amazon after voting on Monday.
The National Labor Committee (NLRB) quoted 130-100 worker votes at the Hall Foods in the center city of Philadelphia, pointing out that 57 % of the votes supported this measure.
“Whole Foods and their parent company, Amazon, have long resisted the efforts of union, but this election shows that workers' determination and unity can win,” United Food and and. Mark Peron, a commercial worker International Union, stated in a statement.
“It is necessary to keep in mind that food workers play an important role in helping their families to put their food on the table. Put in stock on the shelf, put food in a bag, and customers. He added that they came back, “he added.
Amazon acquired WHOLE FOODS for $ 13.7 billion seven years ago. Workers at the Philadelphia branch first submitted the union election in November 2024.
Amazon was complained by NLRB in October about a continuous battle with a team star about a delivery driver for a third party company that had previously voted for the union.
In the following month, Amazon workers held a strike on the furious Cyber Monday Sales and Christmas holidays, creating a stand -off with the e -commerce company.
