Trader Joe’s store in Massachusetts becomes first to unionize

Employees at a Trader Joe’s supermarket in Massachusetts on Thursday became the latest workers at a major 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.

The union vote passed 45-31.

The Trader Joe’s workers are part of a nationwide wave of employees at major companies who have or are attempting to unionize in…