The Trump-Appointed NLRB Just Handed a Surprising Defeat to Amazon and Whole Foods

A unanimous refusal to block a single store’s unionization vote signals a massive, unexpected shift in corporate labor battles.

BY BRUCE CRUMLEY @BRUCEC_INC

What’s the sound of one hand slapping down Amazon’s effort to prevent its employees from unionizing? On Monday, it came as cheers from staff at a Philadelphia Whole Foods store, whose long-blocked bid to join the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1776 got a big, yet somewhat surprising boost from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

The NLRB on Monday unanimously voted not to........

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