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ItsjustMe

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Mon Feb 21, 2022, 10:18 PM Feb 2022

Apple Employees Are Unionizing and They're Using Android Phones to Keep Apple From Spying on Them

https://futurism.com/the-byte/apple-union-android

The labor movement has finally made its way to Apple. According to the Washington Post, retail employees at the tech giant are beginning to quietly unionize, in part because hourly wages have remained stagnant while Apple’s profit margins soar.

Two store locations are preparing to file paperwork with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and a half dozen more are in earlier stages, said employees who spoke to WaPo on the condition of anonymity (full disclosure: this reporter spent several years working at several Apple retail locations). One particularly telling detail, according to WaPo: suspicious of snooping by Apple, many organizers have switched to Android phones to avoid any potential spying

That might sound alarmist, but in 2021 Apple fired an employee named Ashley Gjøvik who alleged sexual harassment, environmental concerns and surveillance at the company.
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Apple Employees Are Unionizing and They're Using Android Phones to Keep Apple From Spying on Them (Original Post) ItsjustMe Feb 2022 OP
Union strong, Apple people! ificandream Feb 2022 #1
proud to say I have never bough an Apple product Skittles Feb 2022 #2
Bought an airpad I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2022 #3
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