Trader Joe’s Staff Vote to Unionize Massachusetts Store

  • Supermarket chain faces organization efforts among its workers
  • Vote reinforces unions’ growing strength at US companies

Trader Joe's Co. logo is displayed on shopping carts.

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

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Trader Joe’s employees voted to unionize a Massachusetts store, extending a wave of landmark labor victories at prominent US retailers.

Employees at the supermarket chain’s store in the town of Hadley voted 45-to-31 to join Trader Joe’s United -- a new independent group. The US National Labor Relations Board oversaw the election and counted ballots Thursday afternoon.