A third Apple store is looking to unionize

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Employees at a third Apple retail store have announced that they're trying to organize a vote on whether to unionize, according to a report from The Washington Post. Workers at Apple's Towson Town Center store in Maryland say that they've received signatures from a majority of the employees that would likely be able to join a union, and are planning on filing with the National Labor Relations Board to schedule an election.

In a letter, the organizers say their union is called the Coalition of Organized Retail Employees" (or AppleCORE), and say they're not trying to go against or create conflict with" Apple management. Instead, the workers say they want to gain access to rights they currently don't have. While they don't specify which...

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