Trader Joe's Workers <br />File for the Company's, First Union Election.<br />Employees at a Trader Joe's location in Hadley, MA, filed the paperwork with the National Labor Relations Board on June 7.<br />The employees are seeking to form a new, independent union, Trader Joe's United.<br />An longtime employee at the location explained their reasons to a reporter for 'The New York Times.'.<br />Over the past however many years, changes have been happening without our consent, Maeg Yosef, Trader Joe's Employee, <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />We wanted to be in charge of <br />the whole process, to be our <br />own union, Maeg Yosef, Trader Joe's Employee, <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />So we decided to go independent, Maeg Yosef, Trader Joe's Employee, <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />Many of the issues the employees have raised are related to pandemic working conditions.<br />However, other issues are related to longtime trends that have eroded employee benefits, .<br />including health insurance and company contribution to retirement.<br />This is probably where we <br />get to all of these things <br />coming together, Tony Falco, Trader Joe's Employee, <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />People just keep leaving — I know they want to hire people now. It’s hard to keep people around, Maeg Yosef, Trader Joe's Employee, <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />A spokesperson for Trader Joe's stated that the company will heed the employee vote. .<br />We have always said we welcome a fair vote and are prepared to hold a vote if more than <br />30 percent of the crew wants one, Nakia Rohde, Trader Joe's Spokesperson, <br />via 'The New York Times'.<br />Unionization efforts have been successful at companies such Amazon and Starbucks in locations across the U.S.<br />Unionization efforts have been successful at companies such Amazon and Starbucks in locations across the U.S
