After a clear majority of employees at a Whole Foods in Philadelphia voted to form a union last month, workers — and others desperate for inspiring news out of 2025 — celebrated what would be the first successful organizing campaign at one of the Amazon-owned grocery stores. Just over a week later, however, that victory is in doubt.
On Tuesday, Whole Foods Market, which Amazon purchased for $13.7 billion back in 2017, filed two objections with the National Labor Relations Board over the Jan. 27 election, in which workers voted 130-100 to join the local chapter of the United Food and Commercial Workers union.
