NLRB deals May Day blow to Amazon The National Labor Relations Board's Philadelphia-area office recommended moving ahead with union certification Salon · May 2, 2025
Amazon tries to block Whole Foods union Amazon, which purchased Whole Foods Market in 2017, has filed objections to last month's successful union election Salon · Feb 4, 2025
Workers at a Whole Foods Market in Philadelphia become the 1st to unionize Workers at a Whole Foods Market in Pennsylvania have voted to unionize, becoming the first group of employees to pull off a labor win at the Amazon-owned grocery store chain The Independent UK · Jan 28, 2025
Philadelphia workers at Amazon’s Whole Foods file for first union election Amazon has aggressively opposed efforts and is challenging the federal labor watchdog that ruled against its actions The Guardian - US · Nov 26, 2024
Whole Foods workers are organizing Workers told Salon that they're organizing for better pay and against Amazon-style performance metrics Salon · Nov 26, 2024
Jeff Brown could be Philly's first outsider mayor in a century. Can a grocer run the city? PHILADELPHIA — More than 500 people crammed into a West Philadelphia ballroom on a Wednesday morning in November to see a grocery store owner. The Philadelphia Inquirer · Mar 29, 2023
A $4 billion payout: In Albertsons' sale, where is the grocery workers' cut? If the Federal Trade Commission clears grocery giant Albertsons' $20 billion sale to Kroger on schedule next month, the private-equity investors who control this collection of U.S. grocery and drug store chains will have squeezed out profits nine times larger than what they invested since 2006. The Philadelphia Inquirer · Oct 24, 2022
Booze by the ballot: Pa. Republicans look toward referendum to privatize wine, liquor sales Hoping to bypass the veto of a Democratic governor who’s already used it before on a similar proposal, Republicans in Harrisburg are considering the use of a constitutional amendment to privatize the state-run liquor system. Tribune News Service · Jan 25, 2022