Workers at the first Apple store to unionize in the US are pushing back against the company’s decision to shut down the store by June, alleging the company’s decision is rooted in “a cynical attempt to bust the union”.
On Monday, the union filed an unfair labor practice charge against Apple, alleging unionized employees at the store in Towson, Maryland, are being denied transfer rights and other rights compared with workers at non-unionized stores. The union is also alleging retaliation for being unionized.
According to the union, Apple claims the collective bargaining agreement prevents relocation, a claim the union says is “simply false, and raises serious concerns that this closure is a cynical attempt to bust the union” the union said in a statement.
Yes, to have an industry wide union seems hard to put together.
I think you’re missing the context here that unions didn’t just pop up over night.
They started as many smaller unions, and with time, as communication capabilities advanced, workers could form even bigger unions.
We’ve got plenty of unions older than your entire country.
I’m sure it was. Unions do get some help from the government, at least here in Norway we do not pay taxes on union dues – and the leftist parties do work very closely together with the unions – but that’s today, it’s certainly not always been like that - and at the end of the day, the unions are independent, as they should be.
I dunno, maybe it was easier in more honest times back in the 1800’s when capitalists were more transparently evil. Also, I do think it helps that we don’t have a nationally mandated minimum wage. Call me cynical.