Whole Foods Workers br Want to Unionize A group of Whole Foods employees are trying br to establish a union for the 85,000+ workforce. The group contains members of br Whole Foods' cross-regional committee. The workers of the Amazon-owned br grocery chain are "concerned of br the direction" of the company. Whole Foods employee letter, via TechCrunch In the 12-month period since Whole Foods br was acquired by Amazon for $13.7 billion, br many changes have been implemented br across nearly 500 stores. The groups' call to action states br that there will "continue to be layoffs br in 2019 and beyond as Amazon aims br to aggressively trim our labor force..." Whole Foods recently provided a br statement about the matter to TechCrunch. Amazon, via TechCrunch Amazon shared a br similar sentiment.