Apple workers at the company’s Grand Central store in Manhattan have begun collecting signatures from workers, according to a website created by organizers.
Highlights
- Workers at Apple’s flagship Grand Central Terminal retail store in New York City are taking steps to unionize.
- Organizers are in the process of collecting signatures from workers, according to a website.
- Apple says it offers “very strong compensation and benefits” for full-time and part-time employees.
- Amazon workers at a Staten Island warehouse voted in the company’s first U.S.
- union earlier this month, and Starbucks baristas in several locations have voted to union.
- Apple pays its retail workers a starting wage of $20 per hour, and provides benefits such as parental leave and stock grants, a company spokesperson says.