{"id":125820,"date":"2022-06-19T01:22:36","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T01:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/22\/06\/19\/maryland-apple-store-first-to-vote-in-favor-of-employee-unionization?utm_medium=rss"},"modified":"2022-06-19T01:22:36","modified_gmt":"2022-06-19T01:22:36","slug":"maryland-apple-store-first-to-vote-in-favor-of-unionization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/06\/19\/maryland-apple-store-first-to-vote-in-favor-of-unionization\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Apple Store first to vote in favor of unionization"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a clear majority, employees at the Towson Town Center, Maryland Apple Store have voted to form a union, and the ball is now in Apple’s court.\n<\/p>\n

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The vote was 65 employees in favor, and 33 against unionization. This is in line with expectations<\/a>, and will give the employees a supermajority, making it harder Apple to overcome the formation of the union.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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“I applaud the courage displayed by CORE members at the Apple store in Towson for achieving this historic victory,” said IAM international president Robert Martinez Jr. said on Saturday<\/a> to the Wall Street Journal<\/em>. “They made a huge sacrifice for thousands of Apple employees across the nation who had all eyes on this election.”\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Towson Town Center store near Baltimore wasn’t the first to file to unionize. Apple Stores in New York<\/a>, and also Atlanta<\/a>, in their aim to unionize.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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When originally announced, organizers within the store said that they have worked on getting support for almost a year. They worked in coordination with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers to launch the union at the store.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It’s not yet clear what the terms of the deal will be. Organizers in the two previous stores have been pressing for an increase in the current starting pay of $20 per hour, and Apple has since promised to pay $22 per hour<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Workers at the Cumberland Mall store in Atlanta, for example, are asking for an increase<\/a> to $28 per hour. Employees in the Grand Central Station Apple Store in New York are asking<\/a> for an increase in the starting wage to $30.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Apple’s retail chief Deirdre O’Brien pushed back<\/a> against recent unionization efforts at some of the company’s brick-and-mortar locations in a new video to staff members. She has said that the efforts could slow workplace progress and potentially harm the relationship between Apple and its employees.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The company has recently been accused<\/a> of violating the National Labor Relations Act and countering an ongoing union drive at Apple Cumberland Mall in Georgia.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Apple has yet to comment on the matter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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