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Apple employees in Maryland vote to authorize strike
The Hill ^ | 05.12.2024 | Nick Robertson

Posted on 05/12/2024 1:24:18 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Employees at an Apple store in a Baltimore suburb voted to authorize a strike on Saturday, setting up what could be the first work stoppage at any Apple retail store in the country.

The Towson, Md., employees claim the tech giant isn’t bargaining in good faith as they negotiate a union contract.

The group of about 100 employees are organized under the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers’ Coalition of Organized Retail Employees (IAM CORE). The location was the first Apple store to form a union in 2022 of over 270 retail locations nationwide.

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KEYWORDS: apple; donatefreerepublic; employees; maryland; strike
Close the branch down ASAP
1 posted on 05/12/2024 1:24:18 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Play stupid games…


2 posted on 05/12/2024 1:26:42 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Power to the people, the struggle never ends!


3 posted on 05/12/2024 1:26:47 PM PDT by dljordan (What do you think?)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
“White man trying to keep the black man down …”

4 posted on 05/12/2024 1:43:18 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Cannot close it fast enough.


5 posted on 05/12/2024 2:09:58 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Cannot close it fast enough.

PARASITES-—every single one of them.


6 posted on 05/12/2024 2:10:31 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Wonder why Apple wants to have their stuff built overseas.


7 posted on 05/12/2024 2:14:20 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

People working there don’t seem able to comprehend the massive prestige that comes from working at an Apple store.


8 posted on 05/12/2024 2:26:20 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: TangoLimaSierra

This is exactly why. To avoid being held hostage by entitled American employees.


9 posted on 05/12/2024 2:28:42 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Good faith = rolling over.

Entitled Scum. All of em.

I loathe union parasites.


10 posted on 05/12/2024 3:34:32 PM PDT by JimSp
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To: All

no one is special, they’re lucky they have easily replaceable jobs... fire them all.


11 posted on 05/12/2024 6:03:45 PM PDT by VAFreedom (Wuhan Pneumonia-Made by CCP, Copyright Xi Jingping)
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To: ChicagoConservative27; All

Most of the headlines about this are misleading.

Apple only has two stores -—in the nation-— that are unionized.

One in Oklahoma City, and one in the city of Towson, Maryland.

So, all Apple workers in the state of Maryland are have *not* voted to go on strike.

This article cover that plainly:

https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/unionized-apple-employees-strike-vote-maryland-store/


12 posted on 05/13/2024 9:06:52 AM PDT by Texan4Life
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