Maryland Apple Store employees to vote on strike, citing unmet demands

Workers at the first unionized Apple retail store in the US are preparing for a strike sanction vote to address unresolved issues with management.

Despite over a year of negotiations, critical issues such as work-life balance, erratic scheduling, and wages remain unresolved. The workforce at the Towson, Maryland store, which unionized in June 2022, is increasingly disheartened by what they perceive as Apple’s insufficient responses to their concerns.

Earlier in 2024, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Coalition of Organized Retail Employees (CORE) conducted an independent survey. It countered Apple’s “Workers Rights Assessment,” which was initially undertaken to quell shareholder and employee unrest.

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