Whole Foods workers at the Philadelphia flagship store in the city’s Art Museum area voted to unionize on Jan. 27, 2025. They are the first store in the Amazon-owned grocery chain to do so. Paul Clark,

On Monday, workers at Philadelphia’s Center City Whole Foods Market voted 130–100 to be represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union. It marks the first time an Amazon-owned Whole Foods store has voted to unionize—and it is one of the first major union elections of the second Trump presidency.

The removal of the National Labor Relations Board’s general counsel had been expected. But the firing of a Democratic member stops it from protecting workers’ rights, for now.

Whole Foods said it was "disappointed" by the vote but "committed to maintaining a positive working environment"

Workers at a Whole Foods Market in Pennsylvania voted to unionize on Monday, becoming the first group of employees to pull off a labor win at the Amazon-owned grocery store chain.

Whole Foods workers at the Spring Garden store have expressed frustration about low pay and want better health-care benefits.

The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits fell to 207,000 last week in a sign the labor market remains strong.

In his ongoing rampage against the laws of the land, Trump this week fired National Labor Relations Board acting chair Gwynne Wilcox — despite her congressional appointment not being up until 2028. Wilcox’s firing closes down the NLRB,

Whole Foods workers at the Philly flagship store in Fairmount voted to unionize on Jan. 27. They are the first in the Amazon-owned grocery chain to do so.

Whole Foods workers in Philadelphia voted in favor of union representation Monday, marking the Texas-based and Amazon-owned grocer's very first union. "Despite a tsunami of illegal union busting tactics, lies, intimidation, surveillance, workers persevered and won," workers wrote on Instagram after the results were revealed.

President Trump fired National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo. In an unprecedented move, he also ousted Democratic board member Gwynne Wilcox, leaving the board with no quorum.