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This weekend employees at a Trader Joe's store in Massachusetts wrote a letter to the CEO informing them of their intent to form a union. This would be the grocery store chain's first union although unionization efforts took roots at Trader Joe's two years ago. During the pandemic Trader Joe's CEO Dan bane wrote a letter to workers calling unionization a distraction and claiming that unions drive discontent at companies. In their letter, employees wrote, “Since that letter arrived in our mailboxes, Traders Joe’s has continued to slash our benefits as our wages stagnate and our safety concerns go unaddressed.”