Workers at a flagship Whole Foods Market in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania voted to unionize and become the first union in the grocery chain's history.

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.

Whole Foods workers in Philadelphia became the first group to unionize under the grocery store chain. The vote came months after it filed to hold a union election in November.

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.

Employees at the Philadelphia’s Whole Foods store voted 130 to 100 in favor of joining a local chapter of the United Food and Commercial Workers.

The union's election win, which workers called "historic," tees up another organizing battle inside Amazon's workforce.

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Worldwide Amazon Stores CEO Doug Herrington has revealed that Whole Foods Market (WFM) CEO Jason Buechel will take on an expanded responsibility. Buechel has been named VP of Worldwide Grocery Stores (WWGS) while maintaining his current role at Whole Foods.

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.

Whole Foods workers in Philadelphia voted in favor of union representation Monday, marking the Texas-based and Amazon-owned grocer's very first union. "Despite a tsunami of illegal union busting tactics,