According to reports, an Atlanta Apple The shop workers withdrew their union vote request after they were scheduled to vote in a few days. They said that the withdrawal of the voting request was due to intimidation by apple. Retail employees at Apple's Cumberland Shopping Center store were scheduled to vote on June 2 on whether they wanted the CWA to represent them. It is reported that these employees have now given up their application to join the trade union. At the same time, CWA claims that "Apple has repeatedly violated the national labor relations law, making free and fair elections impossible".
A CWA representative reportedly said in a statement: "Apple The vast majority of workers at the Cumberland Shopping Center store announced in April that they were forming a union and asked the company to recognize it. Since then, Apple has started a systematic and complex campaign to intimidate employees and interfere with their right to form trade unions. "
In April, the workers in the store became the first person in apple to apply for union election, and more than 70% of the workers qualified to join the organization signed the union card. If the vote is successful, the site will become the first unionized Apple store in the United States.
In the following time, news reports pointed out the accusations against Apple's anti union strategy.
Just a few days ago, a leaked recording showed that Deirdre o "Brien, Apple's senior vice president in charge of retail and personnel, expressed concern about the labor union to the company's 58000 retail employees.
O'Brien said: "I am worried about what it means to put another organization in the middle of our relationship. This organization does not have a deep understanding of apple or our business. Most importantly, I do not believe that it can make the same commitment to you as we do."
Earlier in May, it was also reported that Apple had sent a script to store managers opposing the main points of the union talks.
In addition to Atlanta, Apple stores in Maryland and Kentucky and the company's flagship store in New York have started the process of pursuing unionization.
A memo seen by foreign media also shows that under the background that many stores began to pursue unionization, the technology giant has increased the basic salary of retail employees from $20 to $22 per hour. The salary increase was also made against the background of the hot labor market and rising inflation.
CWA and apple did not comment.