{"id":13833,"date":"2022-05-13T13:37:31","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T13:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/apple-reportedly-gives-retail-managers-anti-union-scripts\/"},"modified":"2022-05-13T13:37:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T13:37:31","slug":"apple-reportedly-gives-retail-managers-anti-union-scripts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/apple-reportedly-gives-retail-managers-anti-union-scripts\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple reportedly gives retail managers anti-union scripts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Apple has been coaching retail store managers on how to try and talk employees out of unionizing, according to Vice<\/em>. The report says the company has sent around a document full of talking points like “an outside union that doesn’t know Apple” or its culture, or “most union contracts give preference based on seniority.” The document also encourages store leaders to \u201ctouch base\u201d with employees about potential union activity.<\/p>\n

This comes at a time when there are union drives at several Apple retail stores – two have officially petitioned the National Labor Relations Board to hold union elections, and another is looking to do so. It’s been pretty clear that Apple would try to fight these efforts; the company hired anti-union lawyers, and at least one worker has told The Verge<\/em> that the company held a captive audience meeting to spread anti-union talking points. However, it’s still interesting to get a look at exactly the types of arguments the company is using.<\/p>\n

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