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Apple Employees at Unionized Maryland Store Denied Latest Benefits Provided to Non-Union Workers
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Yes, it all comes down to me with my sub-100k salary and 40+ hour workweek to solve systemic homelessness. Thanks for the reminder.
Yep - straight out of the playbook.
What's funny is my coworkers tend to be deeply conservative, yet almost every one of them enjoys being a member of our union. It's the typical "I hate this because it's what I've been told to hate, but now that it benefits me - I LOVE IT!"
"No more government handouts!!"
-older, white, super right wing senior citizen enjoying every flavor of government benefits
Tell me why I should care about some zombie junkies turning the streets of my city into some third-world ********.
Call it whatever you wish but I'll happily take a $3 trillion dollar company who actually contributes to society as opposed to the trash I have to step over daily.
That is an absolutely despicable worldview to hold.
I believe I will say it again: Unions had their time and place - the bigger problem isn’t Unions or business, it is the fact that our elected leaders have failed to push policy that prevents bad behavior from both companies and employees. But, here we are in the great USA, where politician’s hands are covered in green and where they set one set of rules for one group and another set for another and they get the golden goose.
Yes, literally every day… it’s called a tip, my dude
Incredibly sad to see some of you taking this tack
These are people -- human beings
Jesus
☝️☝️☝️ THIS.
Once a union is in place, that acts as a barrier between the employer and the employees. Apple would be bypassing the union if they offered "perks" to employees directly. Everything must go through the union for approval.
I am not a fan of unions. They are often abused by employees at the cost of the employer, and that is just wrong. Another word for "business" is "trade". The same goes for employment. Employees must give their time, expertise and skills to the employer in exchange for pay. Too many workers expect to be paid for doing or giving nothing, especially in the mindset of a union.
Your choice to view this as hostility is merely your own perspective. That doesn't make it fact. Try to see this through a different lens. Under the veil of a union, Apple is technically *not allowed* to do certain things without negotiating and getting approval. They stated that they are open to negotiations.
No, it's actually not "legal" to offer perks to non-unionized employees specifically in an effort to dissuade people from joining the union. That's union busting.
It is legal to offer different things to union/non-union employees, but if the NRLB finds it was with "animus toward the union," that's not legal at all.
You, me, most folks really, are just one bad turn, just one major emergency, away from those you just called trash. You should think about that.
Edit: I posted out of frustration with what I see daily. They aren't trash and I apologize for the implication
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You're making an assumption that the motivation for offering perks is to bust unions. But with a union in place, Apple is not allowed to offer perks to the workers without the union agreeing. So now all workers are withheld perks because one store's union hasn't yet approved? Who's being selfish now.
No. Not all homeless people. I'm talking about the junkies befouling my city with needles, garbage etc
Are you deliberately trying to paraphrase scrooge? Because what you sound like is “Are there no prisons”
Interesting tactic by Apple and very vindictive. A lot of Apple staff in Australia are a part of the the retail union and there are no such issues, as staff legally cannot be discriminated against. Apple don't seem to have any problem here with staff joining a union - hypocritical much.
Why does this only happen in the US??
Why does this only happen in the US??
It's not about that. As what happens in Australia,..Apple SHOULD HAVE negotiated with the Union in terms of collective bargaining and then provide any benefits to ALL staff. In Australia we have collective bargaining and it is still a CHOICE whether you wish to join a union. You cannot be legally held at a disadvantage at any point.
It doesnt appear they were even approached in this case.
That's not actually how it works.
The company I work for has union and non-union reps. The union has been around for decades.
The non-union reps have been able to work from home for years, even before the pandemic. However, we were not able to offer the same benefits to our unionized reps because all benefits have to be bargained for. The union and the company finally extended and made modifications to the contract this summer, a full 2+ years after an emergency agreement was put in place.