Employees of an Apple Store located in Atlanta have requested unionization, while employees of another New York store are preparing to take similar steps.
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On Wednesday, April 20, 2022, employees of the Apple Store located at the Cumberland Mall in Atlanta, Georgia filed for election to unionize. Their approach is part of a vast unionization movement across the Atlantic.
Thus, 70% of the store’s 107 eligible employees signed cards with the National Labor Relations Board, an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for conducting union elections and investigating illegal practices in the world of work, to signify their interest in unionizing.
An election will therefore be held among employees to find out if they will join the Communications Workers of America (CWA), the largest communications and media union in the United States. If positive, these employees would become the first at Apple to join a union.
Apple Store employees explain that they do so out of “love” for their employer, since they want to continue working there while being able to have a say in decisions that affect them. “A number of us have been here for many years, and we don’t think you should stay somewhere if you don’t like it.
Apple is a deeply positive place to work, but we know the company can best live up to its ideals and so we’re delighted to join our colleagues in bringing Apple to the table and making this place an even better place to work,” says Derrick Bowles, an employee at the Apple Store in Atlanta.
“Apple hires the coolest people with the most amazing abilities, thoughts, and ideas. What really brought me to the union table was the fact that all of these incredible minds come together to ensure that not only do we have strength in numbers, but also that we know what is best. for us,” says Elli Daniels, another store employee.
The most valuable company in the world, Apple continues to see its revenues increase. In 2021, the firm generated 366 billion dollars in turnover, an immense profitability that store employees would also like to benefit from.
As explained CNBC, workers at the Apple Store in Atlanta were largely inspired by employees at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama. The latter have indeed tried to unionizeiser but failed to do so; despite this, it seems their efforts have inspired other tech workers.
Source : Siècle Digital
