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As a wave of worker organizing sweeps the U.S., Apple employees could be the next to unionize.Workers at the iPhone maker s retail store in New York s Grand Central Terminal have taken the first steps to form a union, The Washington Post first reported. If the organizers effort is successful, it would mark the first time a union has been formed by employees of the tech giant.Atlanta Apple store becomes first to file for union electionThe organizers, wh stanley cup o are calling themselves the Fruit Stand Workers United, have launched a website announcing the effort and to lobby for better pay and working conditions. Signing union authorization cards, which indicate an employee s desire to be represented by the union, is the first step toward higher pay, better working conditions and more robust benefits, a former worker at the Grand Central Terminal retail location named Alex said in a short video posted on the group s website. Simply, you get a seat at the table when it comes to your life at work, he added. The Fruit Stand Workers United have joined forces with Workers United, a national labor union that recently helped Starbucks workers.So far, workers at 17 Starbucks s stanley cup tores have voted to unionize, including locations in Seattle, Arizona and upstate New York. Starbucks workers at more than 150 stores have since filed with the National Labor Relations Board to ho stanley cup ld union elections.Earlier this month, Amazon workers in New York City voted Micc Hackers reportedly target PGA s servers, demand bitcoin ransom
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