The Communications Workers of America union alleges Apple fired five workers in Kansas City and sanctioned another in Texas in retaliation for organizing. The union has also accused the company of questioning employees, promising them better working conditions if they do not support the union and threatening worse conditions if they do.
Apple management said that I was fired because of a typo on my timesheet that I had documented and tried to correct. However, it is clear that the real reason I was fired was for exercising my right to organize and gain a protected voice at work.
Another employee says she was notified after being one minute late for work three times in a month. according the washington post, and that she was fired “after two more attendance-related issues.” The union has filed two unfair labor practice charges, one for each store, with the National Labor Relations Board. You can read both at the end of this story.
Apple did not immediately respond to the edgerequest for comments.
This isn’t the first time Apple has received an unfair labor complaint about its behavior toward workers trying to organize. The National Labor Relations Board ruled that the company questioned and attempted to coerce employees in Atlanta, and also filed a complaint against Apple alleging that the company discriminated against the union efforts of employees in New York. Organizers at Towson Town Center, Apple’s first unionized retail store in the US, also accused the company of withholding details about new benefits it gave other workers, making it difficult to negotiate the same deal as non-workers. unionized.
