<mediadc-video-embed data-state="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"00000161-3486-d333-a9e9-76c6fbf30000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b93390000"},"cms.content.publishDate":1655649511746,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"0000017b-3108-d928-a77f-73ccd2e60000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"cms.content.updateDate":1655649511746,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"0000017b-3108-d928-a77f-73ccd2e60000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"rawHtml":"
var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ "div": "Brid_55649373", "obj": {"id":"27789","width":"16","height":"9","video":"1035019"} }); ","_id":"00000181-7bf4-ddb6-a5eb-7bf597e90000","_type":"2f5a8339-a89a-3738-9cd2-3ddf0c8da574"}”>Video EmbedWorkers at an Apple store in Towson, Maryland, voted on Saturday to join a union, making their store the first of the tech giant’s stores in the United States to do so.
Retail workers voted 65-33 to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, despite Apple opposing the effort.
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“I applaud the courage displayed by CORE members at the Apple store in Towson for achieving this historic victory,” said Robert Martinez Jr., the international president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. “I ask Apple CEO Tim Cook to respect the election results and fast-track a first contract for the dedicated IAM CORE Apple employees in Towson. This victory shows the growing demand for unions at Apple stores and different industries across our nation.”
The vote still needs to be certified by the National Labor Relations Board for it to become finalized.
Workers had sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook last month about their intent to organize, calling themselves the Coalition of Organized Retail Employees, or CORE for short.
“This is something we do not to go against or create conflict with our management. Rather, we have come together as a union because of a deep love of our role as workers within the company,” they wrote. “The decision to form a union is about us as workers gaining access to rights that we do not currently have.”
The Maryland store is not the only location to seek unionization. A vote to unionize workers at an Apple store in Atlanta was withdrawn in May after the Communications Workers of America claimed Apple had violated labor laws and made a fair election impossible, according to CNBC.
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The Towson retail workers join a growing wave of organizers who have worked to establish unions at companies including Amazon, Starbucks, and Google parent company Alphabet. In April, workers at an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island became the first to vote in favor of unionizing.
The Washington Examiner reached out to Apple for comment.
