The NLRB alleges that Apple “discriminated against employees” trying to unionize
by Mitchell Clark from The Verge - All Posts on (#64CRP)
The company may have to attend a hearing in December if it doesn't settle with workers. | Nick Barclay / The Verge The National Labor Relations Board has filed a complaint against Apple, alleging that the company discriminated against employees" at its World Trade Center store, according to Kayla Blado, a spokesperson for the regulator. The NLRB's investigation was spurred by charges filed in May by the Communications Workers of America, the union working with organizers at Apple retail stores in New York, Atlanta, and Oklahoma. The later store is preparing to hold a vote later this month on whether to become the second US location to unionize.
According to Blado, the NLRB's complaint alleges that Apple wouldn't let workers put union fliers on a breakroom table, even though it allowed other solicitations and notices there. She also told The Verge...