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Cheney Orr / reuters In a move first spotted by Motherboard, Instacart is laying off 1,877 workers who were classified as employees at the company. Among those included in the layoffs are 10 workers in Illinois who in 2020 were the first to unionize within the company. Instacart informed the United Foods and Commercial Workers union, which represents the workers from Illinois, in a letter it sent to the organization.  “We know this is an incredibly challenging time for many as we move throu...

Instacart is eliminating nearly 2,000 jobs Instacart plans to lay off nearly 2,000 of its workers, including the 10 workers from the Kroger-owned Mariano’s who unionized early last year, Vice reports. These workers are responsible for in-store shopping and packing of groceries. According to Vice, 10 of the workers affected unionized with the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1546 in Skokie, Illinois. However, they have yet to negotiate a contract with Instacart, according to Vice. Inst...