From Salon:
A National Labor Relations Board report has dealt a setback to union-busting efforts by Amazon, a regional hearing officer rejecting the company’s arguments that workers at a Whole Foods in Philadelphia should not be afforded the right to collectively bargain.
In January, a majority of employees at Whole Foods’ flagship Philadelphia location voted to join a union. Prior to the vote, a spokesperson for Whole Foods Market, which Amazon acquired in 2017, had said the company “recognizes the rights of our Team Members to make an informed decision on whether union representation is right for them.”
But Amazon soon after filed a slew of objections with the NLRB, claiming, among other things, that UFCW Local 1776 had unfairly offered to provide employees’ transportation to the union polling site. It also argued that the NLRB cannot certify the union election because it lacks a quorum — a product of President Donald Trump’s legally dubiousattempt to fire one of the board’s Democratic-appointed and Senate-confirmed members, Gwynne Wilcox.
