Maryland Apple Store Workers Vote To Join Union

June 19, 2022 Business, Employment

The Washington Post reports:

Apple workers in the Baltimore area voted to join a union Saturday, becoming the first of the tech giant’s U.S. retail stores to do so.

The vote means workers at the Towson, Md., store plan to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) once a contract is ratified. Saturday evening’s initial tally was 65-33, and the official count was pending.

Last month, the workers and IAM sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook of their intent to organize as the Coalition of Organized Retail Employees — or AppleCore for short.

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Workers at the Towson Apple store react to union election results. They are the first in the nation to unionize ⁦@acoreunion⁩ pic.twitter.com/BUo7ptJXG7

— Alison Knezevich (@aliknez) June 19, 2022

Congratulations to Apple workers in Towson, Maryland on becoming the first Apple store in the United States to form a union! What we are seeing right now is a historic uprising of working class Americans telling the corporate elite that they have to end their greed. https://t.co/1OUpUCET1n

— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) June 19, 2022