Home Depot workers in Philadelphia are deciding whether to form the company’s first unionized store.
Voting begins at a Home Depot location in Northeast Philadelphia, where more than 260 employees are eligible to vote on whether to join the Home Depot Workers United, a new independent group formed at the store. The results are expected Saturday night.
If the union prevails, it would mark a historic moment for the country’s largest home improvement retailer, which is based in Atlanta. And it would add another name to this year’s list of chains facing first-ever unions: Amazon, Starbucks, Chipotle, Trader Joe’s, REI, Medieval Times and Apple stores.
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