Apple's retail store in Atlanta's Cumberland Shopping Center originally planned to hold a union vote, but the vote was questionable after the union that tried to organize retail employees withdrew its request for election. The CWA said in a statement that Apple had violated labor laws, making fair elections impossible.
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In addition, CWA said that the increasing number of cases of COVID-19 in the store may prevent employees from voting safely. The vote was originally scheduled for next week. If it succeeds, it will be the first [Apple] in the United States to join a trade union( https://apple.pvxt.net/c/1251234/435400/7639?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.apple.com%2Fcn%2Fmusic%2F ) Stores.
"Apple has launched a systematic and complex campaign to intimidate employees and interfere with their right to form trade unions," a CWA representative said in a statement, "This behavior violates American law, the principles of Apple's creed, the code of conduct for suppliers and international human rights standards. Apple has paid tens of thousands of dollars to a third-party and external 'trade union avoidance' law firm, abandoned its self proclaimed values, and carried out radical and deceptive trade union sabotage in our stores. This is an atrocity and disgrace, and it interferes with our legitimate right to organize trade unions."
This development is a setback for Apple's efforts to unionize employees in U.S. retail stores. In addition to the Cumberland shopping center, employees of at least three apple retail stores held public unionization activities. A Maryland store plans to vote on June 15 to decide whether to form a union.