Workers at New York Apple store launch union campaign

Employees at the Apple Store at the Grand Central Terminal store have begun the process of unionisation. The organisers who are calling themselves the ‘Fruit Stand Workers United’ are collecting signatures from workers and are seeking representation by Workers United, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union, who have overseen successful union efforts at some Starbucks stores in the US. — AFP

NEW YORK: Workers at Apple’s Grand Central Station store announced on April 18 they are organising to establish a union, in what would be a first at one of the tech giant’s retail locations in the United States.

The effort, calling itself “Fruit Stand Workers United”, aims to garner signatures from at least 30% of the New York store, the minimum needed to qualify for a unionisation election.