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,

The union win, at a Philadelphia store where workers are seeking higher wages, comes as Amazon is also fighting organizing efforts among some warehouse employees and delivery drivers.

Workers at a Whole Foods Market in Pennsylvania have voted to unionize, becoming the first group of employees to pull off a labor win at the Amazon-owned grocery store chain.

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.

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

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.

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

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 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.

Employees vote to organize under UFCW as the store becomes the only union-represented Whole Foods location.

Amazon is shaking up its grocery strategy, expanding the role of Whole Foods Market CEO Jason Buechel to oversee all of its grocery operations, including Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go. The move signals Amazon’s continued push to strengthen its position in the highly competitive fresh food sector.