USA: Trader Joe's employees in Massachusetts become first to vote for unionisation; incl. co. comment
"Trader Joe's workers vote yes to first unionized store," 28 Jul 2022
Trader Joe's is getting its first union location after workers at a store in Hadley, Massachusetts, voted to unionize, joining a wave of labor organizing in retail that has swept companies including Amazon, Apple and Starbucks.
... A second union election is set for a Trader Joe's in Minneapolis on August 11-12, while United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 on Tuesday filed a union election petition for a Boulder, Colorado, store.
... In a statement, a spokesperson for Trader Joe's called the company's pay and benefits package "among the best in the grocery business" and 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, health care, and working conditions such as scheduling and job flexibility," Trader Joe's said in a statement.