More than 2,000 grocery workers employed at Tony’s Fresh Market could unionize if they vote to be represented by United Food and Commercial Workers Local 881.
UFCW filed petitions for union elections with the National Labor Relations Board on Feb. 14. The local is seeking to represent about 2,400 grocery clerks, assistant managers and department managers at the 21 Tony’s grocery stores throughout Chicago and its suburbs.
UFCW Local 881 already represents thousands of grocery workers at Jewel-Osco and Mariano’s grocery stores throughout the Chicago area, though meat, fish and deli counter workers at Jewel-Osco are unionized with another local of UFCW, Local 1546. Local 881 has also made inroads at cannabis dispensaries and the coffee chain La Colombe in recent years…