The union win, at a Philadelphia store where workers are seeking higher wages, comes as Amazon is also fighting organizing efforts among some warehouse employees and delivery drivers.

In a phone interview with The Denver Gazette, King Soopers and City Market President Joe Kelley said he is disappointed by the strike vote and thought the union’s decision is premature. Kelley has run Kroger’s Colorado stores since 2021. He said nobody won in the 2022 strike that lasted nine days, and no one will win in the next one, either.

A Kroger spokeswoman contacted by Progressive Grocer for comment noted: “While disappointed by the outcome of Local 7 obtaining strike authorization, King Soopers remains committed to its primary focus of increasing associates’ paychecks while keeping groceries affordable for customers.

Whole Foods workers at the Spring Garden store have expressed frustration about low pay and want better health-care benefits.

The Amazon-owned grocery store brand says it's 'disappointed' in the employees' plan to join the United Food and Commercial Workers union.

Whole Foods workers in a Pennsylvania store vote to form the first union under Amazon ownership, joining a local chapter of the UFCW.

Tensions are rising between Safeway and its Alberta workers as the company looks to claw back a wage increase after negotiations on a new collective agreement hit a standstill.

Workers at a Whole Foods Market in Philly have voted to unionize, becoming the first group of employees to pull off a labor win at the chain.

A majority of workers at a Whole Foods Market store in Philadelphia voted to join the United Food and Commercial Workers International union, giving organized labor a new foothold at parent company Amazon.

Workers at a Pennsylvania Whole Foods store voted on Monday to unionize, forming the first union in the organic grocery chain owned by Amazon.

A majority of workers at a flagship Whole Foods store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania voted to unionize on Monday, becoming the first in the Amazon-owned grocery chain to snatch a labor victory.