  {"id":218539,"date":"2023-03-30T09:55:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T07:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/?post_type=news&#038;p=218539"},"modified":"2023-03-31T10:26:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T08:26:52","slug":"is-apple-intimidating-its-employees","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverwalks.com\/blog\/news\/is-apple-intimidating-its-employees\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Apple intimidating its employees?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Apple Accused of Firing Several Pro-Union Employees<\/h2>\n<p>The tech giant is one of several high-profile companies facing a rampant wave of union organizing. According to the Washington Post, Apple stores in Oklahoma City and Towson, Maryland became the first two stores to unionize with the company in 2022. Since then, several stores including the Grand Central Station store in New York City have announced that they were collecting signatures to form a union.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;To combat this \u2018wave\u2019, the company has held regular meetings with employees in their stores to discuss the pitfalls of joining unions. However, according to claims, this is apparently not the only tactic the company has employed to stop union organizing. Workers in Atlanta accused the company of intimidating employees which led to them calling off a union vote last year.<\/p>\n<p>Up until now, however, no formal charges had been filed against Apple regarding such claims. On 28th March 2023, the CWA announced that it had officially filed charges with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) against Apple for the unlawful firing of pro-union workers and other retaliatory measures in Kansas City, Missouri, and Houston, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Five employees from the Kansas stores had their employment terminated. 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