Trader Joe's Workers File for the Company's, First Union Election.
Employees at a Trader Joe's location in Hadley, MA, filed the paperwork with the National Labor Relations Board on June 7.
The employees are seeking to form a new, independent union, Trader Joe's United.
An longtime employee at the location explained their reasons to a reporter for 'The New York Times.'.
Over the past however many years, changes have been happening without our consent, Maeg Yosef, Trader Joe's Employee, via 'The New York Times'.
We wanted to be in charge of the whole process, to be our own union, Maeg Yosef, Trader Joe's Employee, via 'The New York Times'.
So we decided to go independent, Maeg Yosef, Trader Joe's Employee, via 'The New York Times'.
Many of the issues the employees have raised are related to pandemic working conditions.
However, other issues are related to longtime trends that have eroded employee benefits, .
Including health insurance and company contribution to retirement.
This is probably where we get to all of these things coming together, Tony Falco, Trader Joe's Employee, via 'The New York Times'.
People just keep leaving — I know they want to hire people now.
It’s hard to keep people around, Maeg Yosef, Trader Joe's Employee, via 'The New York Times'.
A spokesperson for Trader Joe's stated that the company will heed the employee vote.
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We have always said we welcome a fair vote and are prepared to hold a vote if more than 30 percent of the crew wants one, Nakia Rohde, Trader Joe's Spokesperson, via 'The New York Times'.
Unionization efforts have been successful at companies such Amazon and Starbucks in locations across the U.S. Unionization efforts have been successful at companies such Amazon and Starbucks in locations across the U.S
