Apple workers in Oklahoma vote for company's second U.S. union store

Employees astatine an Apple store successful Oklahoma City Apple store voted connected Friday to articulation a union, marking the 2nd unionized Apple store successful the U.S.

The ballot is simply a decision for Apple, which has opposed unionization efforts astir the country. It's a triumph for Communications Workers of America, which present represents the workers astatine an Apple store aft abstracted unionization efforts astatine stores successful Georgia and New York City stalled.

The tally was 56 votes successful favour and 32 opposed. Approximately 94 employees were eligible to articulation CWA. Voting took spot earlier this week.

"The Penn Square Apple retail workers are an astonishing summation to our increasing labour movement, and we are thrilled to invited them arsenic CWA members," CWA Secretary-Treasurer Sara Steffens said successful a statement.

"We judge the open, nonstop and collaborative narration we person with our valued squad members is the champion mode to supply an fantabulous acquisition for our customers, and for our teams," Apple said successful a statement, adding that since 2018 it has accrued its starting wages successful the U.S. by 45%.

The National Labor Relations Board volition certify the votes successful the coming week. After that, Apple is required to bargain with the national implicit moving conditions.

Apple has opposed the union, according to a CWA filing earlier this month, which alleged that Apple absorption held anti-union meetings and threatened to withhold perks from stores that unionized.

Apple's archetypal unionized U.S. store, represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers successful Maryland, is preparing to statesman ceremonial negotiations with Apple. According to Bloomberg News, Apple told unit determination that it would not get immoderate perks specified arsenic tuition pre-payment oregon entree to online courses, due to the fact that it would request to beryllium negotiated with the union.

Apple is 1 of the astir invaluable companies successful the world, reporting implicit $365 cardinal successful planetary income successful 2021. It has astir 270 stores successful the U.S.