Some U.S. Apple Store employees are working to unionize, part of a growing worker backlash
“Retail employees interviewed by The Washington Post say they haven’t shared in the company’s gains. Apple retail employees can earn anywhere from $17 to more than $30 per hour, depending on their market and position, and receive between $1,000 and around $2,000 in stock, they said. But those wages have not kept up with inflation over the years, they say, which means retail employees are making less as they sell more Apple products […]
‘I have a lot of co-workers and friends who I genuinely love and they do not make enough to get by,’ said one labor organizer who works at an Apple retail store. ‘They’re struggling and they’re hurting and we work for a company that has the resources to make sure that they’re taken care of.'”