One of Apple’s U.S. stores, located near Baltimore, voted to unionize, a first within the country, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced June 18. We’ve gathered articles on this news from SHRM Online and other media outlets.
Main Issues
The major issue driving the organizing vote was workers wanting to have a say in the way the store is run, said Christie Pridgen, a technical expert at the store and one of the organizers. “Compensation is important, considering the cost of living in general and inflation, but the bigger thing is having a say,” she stated. “That was the most important thing to me.” Workers having a say in hours and scheduling and being involved in establishing safety protocols during the pandemic were the big issues, Pridgen said. Apple declined to comment on the vote.
