A historic strike could be coming an Apple Store.
“Unionized employees at an Apple Store in Towson, Md., have voted to authorize a strike amid union accusations that the tech giant isn’t bargaining in good faith in negotiations over its first union contract.
The workers’ vote, which concluded late Saturday, allows the union to stage a walkout at any time, although it has not announced a strike date, according to the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). The union represents some 100 Apple employees at the store in Towson Town Center, a mall in the Baltimore suburbs. In 2022 it became the first Apple retail store in the country to vote to unionize.
Contract negotiations at the Towson store, which began in January 2023, have yielded tentative agreements on 25 issues, including grievance claims, retirement benefits and severance, according to the union.
Despite these gains, however, talks have stalled over key financial matters, such as pay, overtime and scheduling, a union official told The Washington Post on Sunday.
The union has also accused Apple of illegally withholding benefits from union members given to workers at nonunion stores. Those and other issues prompted it to file multiple federal charges against Apple for allegedly violating labor laws.
Apple and the union will return to the bargaining table on May 21 for contract negotiations, the union said.”
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