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.
Ok this will be very abbreviated.
The first thing you need to know about the Swedish labor market is that it is almost completely unregulated by the government.
Sweden has no regulated minimum wage, none, instead this is negotiated periodically by the unions and employer organizations, both of which has legal weapons to use.
Unions can strike, we even allow sympathy strikes, employers can use lockouts and other methods.
Negotiations concerning the larger unions are national news, and large strikes does happen.
Your personal membership in a union is no big deal, I am a member of the largest white-collar workers union, and I could be called out to strike, it has never happened to me.
In larger worksites there are representatives for the bigger unions among the workforce.
I am sure that I missed a lot, and I am happy to be corrected.