An Apple employee-led union organizing committee is collecting authorization cards, which determines the level of unionization support at the workplace.
Highlights
- Workers at Apple’s Grand Central Terminal want workers to be paid a minimum of $30 per hour.
- Apple employees are seeking representation with Workers United, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union.
- An Apple employee-led union organizing committee is collecting authorization cards that will determine the level of unionization support at the store.
- Verizon, a retail competitor in the market for phones, said it would raise its minimum wage to $20 per hour on Monday.
- Apple has 154,000 employees around the world, and 270 U.S.
- stores in all parts of the United States, including the Grand Central store in New York City, which opened in 2011.