Workers at the Apple Store in Oklahoma City’s Penn Square Mall have voted to ratify the first collective bargaining agreement. The store’s employees are part of the Communications Workers of America, which operates as the Apple Retail Union-CWA Local 6016. According to CWA’s press release, the workers’ three-year contract with Apple includes:
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“Salary increases up to 11.5% over the next three years.”
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“Guaranteed paid time off for employee participation in scheduling and voting.”
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“A safer and more democratic workplace with a grievance and arbitration process and the establishment of joint Safety, Health and Labor Relations committees.”
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“Job protection in case of store closing or relocation and severance pay.”
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“Guaranteed paid vacation, health and other benefits.”
Today’s news spans years Form a union and contract for the Penn Square Mall Apple Store, which begins organizing in early 2022. after a unanimous strike authorization vote in August and a store picket in early September.
The Oklahoma City workers are the second group of Apple retail workers to contract through the union. An Apple Store in Maryland was the first of the tech company’s retail stores. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers in June 2022.
