Apple workers in Australia gear up for more strike action

FILE PHOTO: Customers and staff wear protective masks as a precaution against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) inside an Apple Store in Sydney, Australia, October 26, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Hundreds of Apple workers in Australia are set to strike again after almost two-thirds of employees rejected a pay and benefits deal, the latest escalation of a fight that has seen weeks of walkouts at stores around the country.

Results released on Monday show 68% of Apple workers rejected a workplace agreement proposed by management with 87% of Apple's almost 4,000 Australian workers participating. Apple declined to comment on the results.