Employees at a Trader Joe's in Massachusetts voted Thursday to unionize, becoming the first location among the company's nearly 530 stores.
employees at a store in Massachusetts voted Thursday to unionize, a first for the supermarket chain.
The store in Hadley, about 80 miles west of Boston. The union vote, counted by National Labor Relations Board agents in front of witnesses from management and employees, passed 45-31 with one void. Eighty-one store workers — called crew members or merchants in company lingo — were eligible to vote."This victory is historic, but not a surprise," the tweet said.
Organizers at the Hadley store launched the effort in May in an open letter to company CEO Dan Bane citing concerns about pay, benefits and safety. The company has seven days to file an objection. Trader Joe’s spokesperson Nakia Rohde said the company was prepared to "immediately begin discussions with union representatives for the employees at this store to negotiate a contract."
"We are willing to use any current union contract for a multi-state grocery company with stores in the area, selected by the union representatives, as a template to negotiate a new structure for the employees in this store; including pay, retirement, healthcare, and working conditions such as scheduling and job flexibility," Rohde said in a statement.
Meanwhile, workers at multiple Starbucks coffee shop locations across the country, as well as employees at Amazon, AppleThe Associated Press contributed to this report
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