{"id":465393,"date":"2022-06-19T12:42:38","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T09:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/store-workers-vote-to-form-first-us-apple-union\/"},"modified":"2022-06-19T12:42:38","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T09:42:38","slug":"store-workers-vote-to-form-first-us-apple-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/store-workers-vote-to-form-first-us-apple-union\/","title":{"rendered":"#Store workers vote to form first US Apple union"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a30aa591fa20\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a30aa591fa20\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/store-workers-vote-to-form-first-us-apple-union\/#%E2%80%9CStore_workers_vote_to_form_first_US_Apple_union%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Store workers vote to form first US Apple union&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CStore_workers_vote_to_form_first_US_Apple_union%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Store workers vote to form first US Apple union&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/workers-at-an-apple-st.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/workers-at-an-apple-st.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Workers at an Apple store in the US state of Maryland have voted to form a union, a first for the tech giant.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/workers-at-an-apple-st.jpg\" alt=\"Workers at an Apple store in the US state of Maryland have voted to form a union, a first for the tech giant\" title=\"Workers at an Apple store in the US state of Maryland have voted to form a union, a first for the tech giant.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Workers at an <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le store in the US state of Maryland have voted to form a union, a first for the tech giant.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A majority of employees at a US Apple store have voted to form the tech giant&#8217;s first union, in the wake of similar unionization drives at Starbucks and Amazon locations.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                Of the 110 employees at the Towson, Maryland shop, 65 voted in favor and 33 against, according to a live count broadcast Saturday by the federal agency overseeing the vote.<\/p>\n<p>The vote comes after a group of employees called AppleCORE (Coalition of Organized Retail Employees) campaigned for unionization, demanding a say in deciding on wages, hours and safety measures. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We did it Towson! We won our union vote! Thanks to all who worked so hard and all who supported! Now we celebrate&#8230; Tomorrow we keep organizing,&#8221; AppleCORE tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday&#8217;s result means that the shop&#8217;s employees, who have been voting since Wednesday, should form their own branch of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) union, once the agency has certified the results. <\/p>\n<p>Saturday&#8217;s vote result follows several symbolic victories\u2014including among workers for giants such as Amazon and Starbucks\u2014by the country&#8217;s unions, on the decline for decades, to which President Joe Biden has lent his support. <\/p>\n<p>It was not the first time employees at an Apple store have tried to unionize, but it was the first attempt that resulted in a vote. <\/p>\n<p>Apple&#8217;s director of distribution and human resources, Deirdre O&#8217;Brien, visited the shop in May to address employees.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to start out by saying it&#8217;s your right to join a union, but it&#8217;s equally your right not to join a union,&#8221; O&#8217;Brien said, according to audio published by Vice. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you&#8217;re faced with that decision, I want to encourage you to consult a wide range of people and sources to understand what it could be like to work at Apple under a collective bargaining agreement.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The presence of an inter<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>ry would complicate relations between Apple and its employees, she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m worried about what it would mean to put another organization in the middle of our relationship, an organization that does not have a deep understanding of Apple or our business,&#8221; O&#8217;Brien said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And most importantly, one that I do not believe shares our commitment to you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>&#8216;Courage&#8217;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The vote comes in wake of a broader unionization push at some of the United States&#8217; biggest companies. <\/p>\n<p>After a union was formed at two Starbucks coffee shops in December in the northern city of Buffalo, employees at more than 160 of the chain&#8217;s locations have filed for similar votes. <\/p>\n<p>At Amazon, employees at a New York warehouse surprised everyone in early April by voting overwhelmingly to form a union, a first for the online retail colossus in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>But the company has asked for the result to be cancelled and a second vote to be held. <\/p>\n<p>Apple declined to comment on the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> when reached by AFP.<\/p>\n<p>The IAM union slammed the Silicon Valley giant&#8217;s efforts to discourage employees from voting yes. <\/p>\n<p>A video from the group, released by pro-union media outlet More Perfect Union, shows AppleCORE supporters in Maryland accusing the company of &#8220;union-busting&#8221; tactics, including &#8220;intimidation,&#8221; which the employees called &#8220;disgusting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr said he applauded the workers&#8217; &#8220;courage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They made a huge sacrifice for thousands of Apple employees across the nation who had all eyes on this election,&#8221; he said in a statement. &#8220;I ask Apple CEO Tim Cook to respect the election results and fast-track a first contract for the dedicated IAM CORE Apple employees in Towson.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This victory shows the growing demand for unions at Apple stores and different industries across our nation.&#8221;\n                                                                                                                        <\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                            Workers at New York Apple store launch union campaign\n                                        <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2022 AFP<\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 Store workers vote to form first US Apple union (2022, June 19)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved 19 June 2022<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/techxplore.com\/news\/2022-06-workers-vote-apple-union.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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