Massachusetts Trader Joe’s employees authorize union drive

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Massachusetts Trader Joe’s workers approve union drive

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Employees at a Trader Joe’s grocery store in Massachusetts on Thursday ended up being the current employees at a significant business to authorize a labor union.

The shop in Hadley, about 80 miles west of Boston, is the very first Trader Joe’s with a staff members union, although employees at 2 other business areas have actually started unionization efforts.

The union vote passed 45-31

Organizers at the shop released the effort in May in an open letter to business CEO Dan Bane pointing out issues about pay, advantages and security. About 80 non-supervisory workers were qualified to vote, including what the business calls team members and merchants, who are customer support experts.

Now that the union has actually been authorized, the next action is creating a working out committee to work out an agreement with the California- based business, which has about 550 shops across the country, union organizer and 18- year Trader Joe’s worker Maeg Yosef stated.

The Hadley union, called Trader Joe’s United, is independent, and not associated with a bigger existing union, although organizers have actually gotten administrative and legal assistance from developed unions, Yosef stated.