US labor watchdog pressures Trader Joe’s to bargain with New York union

Company may be ordered to recognize union amid allegations employees were threatened during election

Mobilizing workers at a Trader Joe's store on New York's Lower East Side marginally lost a union election last year. They may ultimately get their union after all.

The general counsel of the US's top labor watchdog is seeking an order demanding that Trader Joe's recognize and bargain with the union, Trader Joe's United, amid allegations that employees were threatened and disparaged from unionizing.