Apr 18, 2022
Apple staff make bid for first union at a US store
Workers at Apple's Grand Central Station store in New York have announced a plan to start a union. The group of staff known as Fruit Stand Workers United must get signatures of support from 30% of colleagues at the store to qualify for a union election. A statement on a campaign website for the prospective union said: "Grand Central is an extraordinary store with unique working conditions that make a union necessary to ensure our team has the best possible standards of living.The group described themselves as working in"extraordinary times with the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and once-in-a-generation consumer price inflation," though their website did not disclose the name of staff members leading the effort. The campaign is connected to Workers United, an affiliate of the national Service Employees International Union, which was established in 2009 from several earlier unions. The Apple effort comes as a Starbucks unionisation drive backed by Workers United has spread nationally after election victories last year in New York.Amazon is also facing a growing challenge from unions after an upstart campaign won an election at a warehouse in nearby Staten Island earlier this month.
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