{"id":2395999,"date":"2025-01-28T09:12:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T14:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whole-foods-employees-in-philadelphia-vote-to-form-first-union\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T09:12:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T14:12:57","slug":"whole-foods-employees-in-philadelphia-vote-to-form-first-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whole-foods-employees-in-philadelphia-vote-to-form-first-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Whole Foods employees in Philadelphia vote to form first union"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhole-foods-employees-in-philadelphia-vote-to-form-first-union%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2395999&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In \u200cPhiladelphia, employees at Whole Foods have \u2064successfully voted to \u2062unionize, \u200bmarking the first such union for the \u200dAmazon-owned\u200b grocery chain. The vote showed \u200da narrow margin, with\u2062 130 workers in favor of joining the United Food and Commercial \u2063Workers (UFCW), while 100 opposed.\u200c The UFCW, wich represents about 835,000 workers from various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elizabeth-warren-is-now-blaming-grocery-conglomerates-for-skyrocketing-food-prices\/\" title=\"Elizabeth Warren Is Now Blaming Grocery Conglomerates For Skyrocketing Food Prices\">grocery chains<\/a>, aims to negotiate better wages, manageable workloads,\u200c and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">improved working conditions<\/a> for the employees. Whole Foods expressed disappointment with the election result but reiterated its commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/employees-across-20-countries-aim-to-make-amazon-pay-by-dealing-the-company-a-black-friday-blow\/\" title=\"Employees Across 20 Countries Aim to &#039;Make Amazon Pay&#039; by Dealing the Company a Black Friday Blow\">providing competitive pay<\/a>\u200c and benefits. This unionization follows the successful\u2064 formation \u2064of a union at an Amazon facility in Staten Island in 2022, \u2062with UFCW now looking to expand union recognition \u200bat other\u2064 Whole Foods stores.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Whole Foods employees in Philadelphia vote to form first union for the grocer<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1955845\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Employees of the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/retail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Whole Foods<\/a> grocery store in Philadelphia voted to <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/union\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">unionize<\/a> on Monday in a narrow victory.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>This is the first union for the Amazon-owned store. It came down to a narrow margin of 130 workers voting to join the United Food and Commercial Workers while 100 voted against it. This union also represents about 835,000&nbsp;workers from&nbsp;Kroger,&nbsp;Albertsons-Safeway,&nbsp;Giant, Stop &amp; Shop,&nbsp;Raley&rsquo;s,&nbsp;Piggly Wiggly, and&nbsp;ShopRite.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;By starting a union at Whole Foods, we&rsquo;ll be able to negotiate contracts that give us higher wages, better schedules, and a fair workload that doesn&rsquo;t leave us burned out,&rdquo; the UFCW website reads. &ldquo;We have seen over recent years that Whole Foods has no problem taking away things like hours and benefits that brought us to work here in the first place. With a union contract, they can&rsquo;t do that without bargaining with us over those changes first.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Whole Foods remains &ldquo;committed to maintaining a positive working environment in our Philly Center City store,&rdquo; per its statement, but also expressed it was &ldquo;disappointed&rdquo; by the election results. According to the grocer, it offers &ldquo;competitive compensation, great benefits, and career advancement opportunities&rdquo; to all its staff members.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Only one other Amazon facility has successfully unionized. The Staten Island Amazon warehouse where 5,000 workers voted to unionize in 2022 in what was initially an independent union. Last year, it opted to join the Teamsters when it didn&rsquo;t make gains with the employer and subsequently lost support from its members.<\/p>\n<p>UFCW continues to solicit further union elections at more Whole Foods locations. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1955845\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1955845\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whole Foods workers in Philadelphia vote to unionize, marking the first union for the Amazon-owned store<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2396000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Whole-Foods.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[49329,37654,5522,4701,49328],"class_list":["post-2395999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-employee-advocacy","tag-labor-rights","tag-philadelphia","tag-union","tag-whole-foods"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Whole-Foods.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2395999"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2396003,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395999\/revisions\/2396003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2396000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2395999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2395999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2395999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}