Josh Eidelson at Bloomberg reports a Union has been certified at a Whole Foods Market Store in Philadelphia, marking a U.S. first for the Amazon Grocery Chain. The Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board backed the Union, over-ruling objections from Whole Foods, which, like other parts of Amazon, has campaigned against Unionization among its Staff. The decision tees up a legal battle. Employees at the Philadelphia site voted 130-to-100 in January to Unionize with the United Food & Commercial Workers. Whole Foods argued the result should be overturned, alleging the Union made promises and provided free car rides to Workers that prevented a fair election, and that a ruling by the Labor Board’s Democratic Members deprived the company of its rights. The Union has denied wrongdoing.

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