Workers at a Kroger automated warehouse near Detroit have voted to join the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, making the facility the first fulfillment center run by the grocer to unionize, the labor organization announced May 20.
The 289 drivers at the e-commerce center who participated in the election voted by a 3-to-1 margin to join Teamsters Local 337. The workers are seeking “higher wages, better health and welfare benefits, a pension, and fair and consistent work rules,” the union said.