New Jersey Apple Store files to unionize

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Apple Short Hills in New Jersey has filed to unionize and is represented by the Communications Workers of America.

Apple Short Hills in New Jersey

Five Apple Stores across the United States have filed to unionize and only two have successfully unionized. It is a tough battle for unionization efforts as Apple has been accused of anti-union tactics and the National Labor Relations Board has previously ruled as such.

According to a report from Bloomberg, Apple Short Hills in New Jersey has filed to unionize with the Communications Workers of America representing the employees. If a vote to unionize is successful, it will be the third Apple Store to accomplish unionization.

"We strongly believe forming a union is the best way to ensure all Apple workers receive the respect, pay, benefits and working conditions we deserve," John Nagy, a member of the organizing committee for the New Jersey, said in a statement provided by the CWA. "While Apple has responded to organizing by violating workers' rights at stores across the country, we hope Apple's executives will recognize their opportunity to stay on the cutting edge by taking a different approach."

Stores in Atlanta and St. Louis have also filed to unionize, but both locations dropped the vote, claiming intimidation from Apple. Apple Towson in Maryland and Apple Penn Square in Oklahoma City have successfully voted to unionize but have yet to reach a collective bargaining agreement with Apple.

Despite pushback from the NLRB, unionization efforts continue to encounter roadblocks. Apple Short Hills is in for a fight to get the required vote to unionize.



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davgreg

Ask yourself why a Union that is supposed to represent telecom workers is organizing sales people at Apple Stores.

Unions are dead in the water in the US.

22july2013

davgreg said:

Unions are dead in the water in the US.

About 33% of the public service in the USA is unionized, and 6% of the private sector in the USA is unionized, which works out to 10% on average. That's 14 million people. It used to be 30% of the work force back in 1960. The drop has been steady over the last 50 years but lately the drop has flatlined, so maybe things will turn around.

Most developed countries have 15% to 30% of the workforce unionized. The highest unionization rate is in Iceland, at 92%.

nubus

davgreg said:

Ask yourself why a Union that is supposed to represent telecom workers is organizing sales people at Apple Stores.

Unions are dead in the water in the US.

Very true, and now The land of the free have politicians set minimum wages and working conditions. Full nanny state.

I live in a country without minimum wages (it is around USD 21/hour), where the local McDonald's praise the unions, and we go on strike less than in the US. Both models can work and both can fail.