Posted on 09/08/2018 12:01:20 PM PDT by Cecily
Workers at Whole Foods are looking to unionize after rumors parent company Amazon are planning mass layoffs in an order to reduce costs.
It's not the first time Whole Foods workers have tried to organize themselves but it is the first attempt since Amazon bough the company.
The email reveals strains between managers and lower-level employees at the supermarket chain.
'Over the past year, layoffs and the consolidations of store-level positions at Whole Foods Market have upset the livelihood of team members, stirred, anxiety, and lowered moral [sic] within stores,' the email states.
It alleges Whole Foods CEO John Mackey sold the store to Amazon 'with an agreement to trim hundreds of millions of dollars of labor from our stores.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
It is probably more than a rumor.
They do have great coffee, even the decaf! The kiosks will one day be voice activated and giving your order will be as easy as speaking to Siri.
Who’s Siri..just kidding I have all that stuff disabled, no phone either but will need to change that when I make a Long D move and it will probably be a throw away
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