A part-time employee at a San Francisco-based Apple store has started a process that could see a first-of-its-kind union formed at one of the company’s iconic retail locations.
Cory Moll, a part-timer in San Francisco, said he’s forming the union as part of an attempt to secure better wages and benefits for Apple’s 30,000 retail employees.
“The core issues definitely involve compensation, pay, benefits,” Moll said in a Reuters interview published this weekend. As Reuters notes in their article today, Moll makes $US14/hour and the San Francisco minimum wage is $US9.92/hour. It’s one of the country’s most expensive cities.
To date, Moll said he has received very little public support for his union, although there are apparently emails from more reserved employees that have since pledged support. [Reuters]
Steve
Monday, June 13, 2011 at 8:00 PMLol? Union? Speaking as an ex-specialist, Steve Jobs would personally firebomb the union building before allowing this to run its course.
Then he’ll just hire a whole new batch of blue shirts while standing on the charred corpses of their predecessors.
ozoneocean
Monday, June 13, 2011 at 8:28 PMMaybe they can earn the right not to be called “geniuses”, a word which unless you actually ARE a genius is used only as an insult to mean the opposite… and the right to wear better gear than ugly coloured T-shirts. Those guys need their dignity.
andronicus
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 6:55 AMAnyone else thinking “Black Friday” from Arrested Development???