The workers at Townson, who formed the Coalition of Organized Retail Employees, wrote in a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, with the support of the vast majority of their colleagues.
Apple Inc. employees in Maryland voted yesterday to form a unionthe first employee at a tech giant retail store in the US.
More than 100 employees in Towson near Baltimore «voted overwhelmingly in favor of their participation in the International Union of Aerospace Engineers and Workers“, The union states on its website.
The workers at Townson, who formed the Coalition of Organized Retail Employees, wrote in a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, with the support of the vast majority of their colleagues. «This is not something we do against or to provoke conflict with our administration“, They point out.
Apple representative told Reuters via email that the company had “nothing to add at this time”. Trade union efforts are gaining momentum in a number of major US companies, including Amazon.com Inc and her Starbucks Corp.
Apple employees in Atlantawho sought to form a union, withdrew their claim last month, complaining bullying.
Some current and former Apple employees began criticizing the company’s working conditions online last year, using the hashtag #AppleToo.
