Whole Foods Workers <br />Want to Unionize A group of Whole Foods employees are trying <br />to establish a union for the 85,000+ workforce. The group contains members of <br />Whole Foods' cross-regional committee. The workers of the Amazon-owned <br />grocery chain are "concerned of <br />the direction" of the company. Whole Foods employee letter, via TechCrunch In the 12-month period since Whole Foods <br />was acquired by Amazon for $13.7 billion, <br />many changes have been implemented <br />across nearly 500 stores. The groups' call to action states <br />that there will "continue to be layoffs <br />in 2019 and beyond as Amazon aims <br />to aggressively trim our labor force..." Whole Foods recently provided a <br />statement about the matter to TechCrunch. Amazon, via TechCrunch Amazon shared a <br />similar sentiment.
