Home Depot Philadelphia Store to Vote Next Month on Union (1)

Home Depot Inc. employees in Philadelphia will vote Nov. 2 and 5 on whether to make theirs the company’s first unionized US store.

The election will be held in person on the company’s premises, under the supervision of the National Labor Relations Board, agency spokesperson Kayla Blado said.

Workers will vote on whether to join a new labor group calling itself Home Depot Workers United, which petitioned to represent a proposed bargaining unit of around 274 employees at the store. If a majority of voters support the union, and the NLRB certifies the results, the Atlanta-based home-improvement giant would be ...