A majority of workers at a Whole Foods Market store in Philadelphia voted to join the United Food and Commercial Workers International union, giving organized labor a new foothold at parent company Amazon.

In his expanded role, Buechel will oversee Amazon's roster of grocers, including Whole Foods, Amazon Fresh, Amazon Go and other grocery partnerships, as the division looks for ways to boost revenue. He will keep his role as CEO of Austin-based Whole Foods.

Worldwide Amazon Stores CEO Doug Herrington has revealed that Whole Foods Market (WFM) CEO Jason Buechel will take on an expanded responsibility. Buechel has been named VP of Worldwide Grocery Stores (WWGS) while maintaining his current role at Whole Foods.

Whole Foods workers in Philadelphia are voting on whether to form the first union in the Amazon-owned chain. The company is pushing back.

Whole Foods workers in Philadelphia became the first group to unionize under the grocery store chain. The vote came months after it filed to hold a union election in November.

The union's election win, which workers called "historic," tees up another organizing battle inside Amazon's workforce.

Austin-based Whole Foods, which is owned by Amazon, is the latest grocery chain to contend with unionization after workers in Philly voted in favor.

Whole Foods workers at the Spring Garden store have expressed frustration about low pay and want better health-care benefits.

The grocery chain’s store in Philadelphia becomes the first to join a union, where workers hope to expand organizing to other outlets and across the Amazon empire.

Amazon.com Inc.’s Whole Foods Market chief has been tapped to run the retail giant’s entire grocery business. Jason Buechel will become the vice president of worldwide grocery stores, Amazon retail chief Doug Herrington said in a note to employees,

Jason Buechel, who will remain the head of the specialty banner, steps into a newly created role in which he will also oversee the Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go chains.