There is change in the air in the land of hyper-capitalism: the employees of theApple Store Grand Central of the city of New-York are trying to create a union, which would be a first for the chain of apple shops in the United States. Several employees have launched the “Fruit Stand Workers United” initiative, which consists of collecting signatures for future members of the union, the latter being affiliated to Workers United, a large American labor union. For information, Workers United notably facilitated the unionization of employees of Starbucks stores. Suffice to say that Apple does not scare him.
According to several employees of the Apple Store Grand Central, the union push would also be at work in three other Apple stores. On their website, the organizers of “Fruit Stand Workers United” justify the creation of a union at Apple as follows: “Grand Central is an extraordinary store with unique working conditions that make a union necessary to ensure our team has the best possible standard of living in what has proven to be an extraordinary time with the Covid-19 pandemic and the single generation consumer price inflation. »
Apple reacted strangely to this union initiative, as if the current situation did not require any form of adjustment: “We are fortunate to have such incredible members of the retail team and deeply appreciate all that they bring to Apple. We are pleased to offer very strong compensation and benefits for full-time and part-time employees, including health care, tuition reimbursement, new parental leave, paid family leave, grants annual shares and many other benefits. In short, paradise…
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