Learning that Trader Joe's scaled back retirement benefits for its U.S. workforce of 50,000 was the last straw for a group of employees at one of the chain's stores in Hadley, Massachusetts.
Learning that Trader Joe's scaled back retirement benefits for its U.S. workforce of 50,000 was the last straw for a group of employees at one of the chain's stores in Hadley, Massachusetts.
Maeg Yosef is helping lead the unionization effort at Trader Joe's. If successful, it would be a first among the national chain's more than 500 U.S. stores. More than 30% of the 88 non-management employees at the Trader Joe's in Hadley have signed cards seeking union representation, a National Labor Relations Board requirement to have an election, Yosef said.
The NLRB has received the petition and will continue the process once it has all the necessary documents, the agency confirmed in an email.All of the organizers in Hadley have between 10 and 20 years on the job and know the risks of trying to form a union, Yosef said."If you decide you want to unionize a $16 billion company, you have to prepare yourself to lose your job."
"Our pay felt really competitive early in my tenure — now it's not keeping up with inflation and the cost of living," said Yosef, whose hourly earnings are capped at $25.75.
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