Apple retail workers in New York switch unions
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Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Apple retail workers at the Grand Central store in New York are unionizing with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) rather than Workers United as originally planned. The move is part of a broad organizing push at Apple retail stores across the country, where workers in Maryland, Georgia, and Kentucky have announced union campaigns. If any of the stores are successful, it will represent the first union of Apple employees in the United States.
In a press release, both unions framed the move as a positive step toward consolidating worker power across the country. CWA has a national plan that will lead to density and collective power for Apple Retail workers," said Lynne Fox, international president of Workers United. It is...