Apple Inc maintains workplace policies that unlawfully discourage employees from discussing working conditions, a U.S. labor agency has found.
Gjovik in an email on Tuesday said she hoped the development will spur more Apple workers to speak up about working conditions and to organize.
In her complaints, Gjovik said various Apple rules, including those relating to confidentiality and surveillance policies, deter employees from discussing issues such as pay equity and sex discrimination with each other and the media. Gjovik also cited a 2021 email from Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook that allegedly sought to stop workers from speaking to the press and said "people who leak confidential information do not belong here."U.S. labor law prohibits policies that could discourage workers from exercising their right to band together to improve working conditions.
Apple is facing several pending NLRB complaints, including one claiming the tech giant unlawfully required workers at anReporting by Daniel Wiessner in Albany, New York; Editing by Alexia Garamfalvi and Bernadette BaumDan Wiessner reports on labor and employment and immigration law, including litigation and policy making. He can be reached at [email protected].
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