Trader Joe’s workers upset about new work schedule policy: ‘a veiled threat’

The grocery is pressuring part-time employees to add work hours, a constraint on some with parenting or school commitmentsTrader Joe’s, a specialty grocery chain with about 500 locations in the US and 50,000 employees, is rolling out new, unofficial policies at stores across the US starting in January 2023, according to workers, that will mandate part-time workers work a minimum of three days a week to maintain their employment with the company.A Trader Joe’s worker in the north-east