Apple workers at Maryland store vote to unionize, a first for the U.S.
(Reuters) – Apple Inc employees in Maryland voted on Saturday to affix a union, changing into the primary retail staff of the tech big to unionize in the USA.
Greater than 100 employees in Towson close to Baltimore “have overwhelmingly voted to affix the Worldwide Affiliation of Machinists and Aerospace Staff,” the union mentioned on its web site.
The native employees, forming the Coalition of Organized Retail Workers, “have the assist of a strong majority of our coworkers,” they wrote in a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook dinner.
“That is one thing we don’t to go towards or create battle with our administration,” they wrote.
An Apple spokesperson, responding to Reuters request for remark, mentioned by electronic mail the corporate had “nothing so as to add presently.”
Unionization efforts are gaining momentum at some massive U.S. firms, together with Amazon.com Inc and Starbucks Corp.
Apple employees in Atlanta who had been looking for to unionize withdrew their request final month, claiming intimidation.
Some present and former Apple employees final yr started criticizing the corporate’s working circumstances on-line, utilizing the hashtag #AppleToo.
(Reporting by Jaiveer Singh Shekhawat in Bengaluru; Modifying by William Mallard)
