FreshDirect Workers to Vote on Union Representation: Report

Workers at Internet grocer FreshDirect will vote next month to settle a dispute over which labor union — if any union — should represent them, a published report said Tuesday.

NEW YORK — Workers at Internet grocer FreshDirect here will vote next month to settle a dispute over which labor union — if any union — should represent them, a published report said Tuesday. According to the New York Daily News, the National Labor Relations Board set a vote for FreshDirect workers to choose between affiliating with United Food and Commercial Workers Local 348, which traditionally represents grocery workers, or Teamsters Local 805, a warehouse union. A dispute between the two shops arose after some FreshDirect workers reportedly aligned with the UFCW earlier this year. Union officials were not immediately available for comment.

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