Apple workers at Maryland store vote to unionise, a first for the US

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Apple workers in Maryland voted on Saturday (Jun 18) to join a union, becoming the first retail employees of the tech giant to unionise in the United States. More than 100 workers in Towson near Baltimore \u0022have overwhelmingly voted to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers\u0022,

Apple workers in Maryland voted on Saturday to join a union, becoming the first retail employees of the tech giant to unionise in the United States.

The local workers, forming the Coalition of Organized Retail Employees,"have the support of a solid majority of our coworkers", they wrote in a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook.An Apple spokesperson, responding to Reuters request for comment, said by email the company had"nothing to add at this time".

 

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