Apple closes first unionized US store, workers claim retaliation

Workers at the closing store face job displacement and restricted transfer opportunities, limiting their ability to remain employed within the company.

In Towson, Maryland, the first Apple Store to unionize is being shuttered, and the workers who organized there believe the timing is not coincidence but consequence. Shortly after employees voted to join the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers — a rare breakthrough in the tech sector — the company announced the closure, and has since been accused of blocking those same workers from transferring to other locations. The case touches something ancient in the story of labor: the question of whether those who exercise a legal right will be made to pay for it, and whether i

Apple closes first unionized US store, workers claim retaliation

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