Interview by
Sara Wexler
On November 22, workers at a Whole Foods store in Philadelphia filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). This marks the first such filing by Whole Foods workers since logistics giant Amazon acquired the grocery store chain in 2017.
Amazon has gained a reputation as a notoriously anti-union employer as it has faced down a growing swell of unionization efforts from its workforce across the country. Now the corporation is contending with union drives not just among its own warehouse workers and delivery drivers but from its prominent grocery subsidiary as well.
Workers at the Philly store say they were driven to organize by low wages and what they describe as worsening conditions since Amazon took over Whole Foods. Jacobin’s Sara Wexler sat down with three Whole Foods workers to discuss why they decided to unionize, the company’s attempts to union bust, and what might be coming next.
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Auteur: Ben Lovett
