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Apple appears to have taken its most aggressive action yet to warn retail employees not to form unions.according to bloomberg, the company recently held meetings at all of its approximately 270 stores nationwide to “discuss the risks of unionization.” The atmosphere of the rally was “consistent” across Apple’s retail stores. Managers reportedly opened with prepared statements from company executives before turning to the state of union negotiations in Towson, Maryland.
according to bloomberg, Apple management held elections in Towson, and the slow progress made by store workers to secure collective bargaining agreements was seen as “a small lesson”. relied on issues criticizing the unionization process, including “Apple didn’t say it, but the underlying message to the company’s tens of thousands of retail employees is that if your store joins a union, you could be at a disadvantage.” bloomberg.
Apple did not immediately respond to Engadget’s request for comment. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which represents workers at the company’s Townson Town Center in Maryland, said it would issue a statement on Monday.
bloomberg Some employees have suggested that they viewed the meeting as a “scare tactic” and an attempt to “pour cold water on the idea” of union formation. Last May, an employee at his Apple Store in Atlanta accused the company of participating in an anti-union detained audience rally. For decades, companies were allowed to hold such gatherings up to 24 hours before union elections began. He claimed that the detained audience meeting violated the National Labor Relations Act.
“Forcing an employee to listen to such an employer’s speech under the threat of disciplinary action is a direct exploitation of the employee’s dependence on the job and the employee’s disciplinary action to refrain from listening to this speech.” It clearly cools the protected rights of its members.” I wrote last AprilAt the end of the year, the agency found that Apple had violated federal law by trying to dissuade workers from unionizing at Atlanta’s Cumberland Mall store.