Trader Joe’s store in Massachusetts becomes first to unionize

The supermarket chain is the latest major company where workers, who passed the vote 45-31, have unionized

Employees at a Trader Joe's supermarket in Massachusetts on Thursday became the latest workers at a large company to approve a labor union.

The store in Hadley, about 80miles (129km) west of Boston, is the first Trader Joe's with an employees union, although workers at two other company locations have initiated unionization efforts.