By Peyton Bigora and Jeff Wells Source: Grocery Dive Self-checkout terminals have swept across the grocery industry over the past few years, fueled by the demand for quick, contactless shopping trips. By one estimate, it’s now the dominant mode of checkout in grocery. But don’t expect Trader Joe’s to join [...]
By Emily Crowe Source: Progressive Grocer Associates at a Trader Joe’s store in Oakland, Calif., voted last week to unionize, making it the fourth location in the United States to do so. The vote was 73-53 in favor of the move to be represented by independent union Trader Joe’s United. [...]
By Alex Oliviera Source: Daily Mail A beloved California supermarket that has been a community staple for over 40 years is closing as newer supermarkets like Whole Foods and Trader Joes move into the neighborhood. The Lucky supermarket in Larkspur, California, will be closing its doors for good on April [...]
By Mark Hamstra Source: Supermarket News Trader Joe’s has filed an objection with the National Labor Relations Board protesting the union election last week at Louisville, Ky., store. The retailer claims that the union and its supporters acted unlawfully to discourage voting in the election, according to the filing. As [...]
By David Jamieson Source: HuffPost Workers at the Trader Joe’s Wine Shop in Manhattan spent the last four months laying the groundwork to unionize their store. A small organizing committee met regularly to discuss strategy around building support to join the United Food and Commercial Workers union, and they planned [...]
By Rani Molla Source: Vox A Trader Joe’s in downtown Minneapolis became the second unionized location in the US on Friday, less than a month after a Massachusetts location became the first. One in Boulder, Colorado, could be next, bringing the effort to unionize the grocery chain across the country. [...]
By Noam Scheiber Source: The New York Times Following a recent trend of service workers organizing at companies like Starbucks, Apple and Amazon, employees at a Trader Joe’s in Hadley, Mass., voted to unionize on Thursday. It is the only one of the company’s more than 500 stores with a [...]
By Tommy Wood Source: Daily Camera Workers at the Trader Joe’s grocery store at 1906 28th St. are attempting to unionize after United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 filed a petition for a union election on their behalf Tuesday. That makes the Boulder store the third Trader Joe’s in [...]
By Annie Probert Source: The Boston Globe Workers at a Trader Joe’s store in Western Massachusetts filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board on Wednesday, less than a month after announcing their intent to do so in a letter to company chief executive Dan Bane. If [...]
A growing number of large US chains are offering their workers incentives to get Covid-19 vaccines. Grocery chain Aldi said Tuesday that it will provide its hourly workers with two hours of pay for each vaccine dose they receive, giving workers up to four hours total of paid time off. [...]