Apple store employees in a Baltimore suburb voted to unionize by a nearly 2-to-1 margin Saturday, joining a growing push across U.S. retail, service and tech industries to organize for greater workplace protections.
It's not yet clear whether the recent wave of unionizations represent a broader shift in U.S. labor. But experts say the current shortage of workers for hourly and low-wage jobs means employees have more power than they had historically, especially when unemployment is low.
Even after a union is certified, a company has a number of legal maneuvers at its disposal to fight it, Duff said. For instance, Apple could say it doesn't believe that the bargaining unit certified by the NLRB is an appropriate bargaining unit. and refuse to bargain with the union. Apple declined to comment on Saturday's development, company spokesperson Josh Lipton told The Associated Press by phone. Reached again Sunday, Apple did not comment.
Despite U.S. labor law being stacked against workers, Duff said he thinks that"if there is going to be a reawakened labor movement in the United States it will happen in just this way." "I applaud the courage displayed by CORE members at the Apple store in Towson for achieving this historic victory," IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr. said in the statement."They made a huge sacrifice for thousands of Apple employees across the nation who had all eyes on this election."
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