Omaha Steve's Labor Group

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(115,646 posts) Sat Dec 25, 2021, 02:14 PM Dec 2021

More than 50 Apple employees have reportedly walked off the job on Christmas Eve and urged customers

to boycott the iPhone maker

Agroup of Apple employees has walked off their jobs on Christmas Eve and are urging a customer boycott on the day — when much last-minute holiday shopping takes place.

The worker advocacy group, Apple Together, called for a walkout on Thursday. Its demands include a more respectful workplace and paid sick time. More than 50 retail employees across several states have already participated in the walkout, according to a HuffPost report.

Link to tweet

Apple Together also urged customers to boycott the company during the walkout period. "Don't shop in stores. Don't shop online," the organization tweeted. Information on Apple's website said most stores in the US would be open until 6 p.m. local time on Christmas Eve and closed on Christmas Day.

In a follow-up tweet, the group outlined requests that included protections from abusive customers, COVID-19 safety measures, and hazard pay.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/more-than-50-apple-employees-have-reportedly-walked-off-the-job-on-christmas-eve-and-urged-customers-to-boycott-the-iphone-maker/ar-AAS6x01

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More than 50 Apple employees have reportedly walked off the job on Christmas Eve and urged customers (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2021 OP

Good Duncanpup Dec 2021 #1

Some background information Tetrachloride Dec 2021 #2

5. Apple profits are more important despite the reputation as liberal. ItsjustMe Dec 2021 #4

Link of monetary political donations Tetrachloride Dec 2021 #6

That's Tech employees, not Apple Corp. ItsjustMe Dec 2021 #9

Wow. More than 50? Effete Snob Dec 2021 #3

It does indeed raise a number of red flags (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Dec 2021 #5

Apple is large enough to be akin to the Borg. Not easy to break free. Tetrachloride Dec 2021 #7

With more than 154,000 employees... Effete Snob Dec 2021 #10

Sounds like..... multigraincracker Dec 2021 #8

I would never buy apple SheltieLover Dec 2021 #11

Duncanpup

(13,731 posts)

1. Good

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Dec 25, 2021, 02:18 PM

Dec 2021

Tetrachloride

(8,460 posts)

2. Some background information

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Dec 25, 2021, 02:28 PM

Dec 2021

1. Apple “corporate” (headquarters) employees and “retail employees “ and outsourcing of manufacturing and customer support. and Apple Resellers.

2. Corporate is top of the heap.

3. When the first Apple stores opened, the employees were elite. For whatever reason, turnover was high.

4. I presume Retail employees have had increasing numbers of reasons to leave, even before pandemic time.

5. Apple profits are more important despite the reputation as liberal.

6. I use an Apple reseller whose employees might be Apple Retail refugees.

ItsjustMe

(11,727 posts)

4. 5. Apple profits are more important despite the reputation as liberal.

Reply to Tetrachloride (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 25, 2021, 02:40 PM

Dec 2021

I don't know where you got that nonsense from, Apple has always been considered a conservative company.

Tetrachloride

(8,460 posts)

6. Link of monetary political donations

Reply to ItsjustMe (Reply #4)

Sat Dec 25, 2021, 02:59 PM

Dec 2021

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/02/most-liberal-tech-companies-ranked-by-employee-donations.html

ItsjustMe

(11,727 posts)

9. That's Tech employees, not Apple Corp.

Reply to Tetrachloride (Reply #6)

Sat Dec 25, 2021, 03:50 PM

Dec 2021

Apple liable for millions in unpaid wages after court rules retail worker bag checks illegal.
https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/02/13/apple-liable-for-millions-in-unpaid-wages-after-court-rules-retail-worker-bag-checks-illegal

The majority of apple users are conservative.
Rush Limbaugh says ‘Mac OS X Tiger Rocks.
https://macdailynews.com/2005/04/30/rush_limbaugh_says_mac_os_x_tiger_rocks_posts_link_to_free_rush_advertiseme/

Apple is 'obviously a cult,' says NYU professor.
https://www.businessinsider.com/nyu-professor-says-apple-is-a-cult-2015-9

Apple fanboys are of the same mindset as trump supporters.
https://www.flickr.com/groups/apple_tattoo/pool/page1

If Steve Jobs were alive today, my guess Is that he would be an anti-vaxxer.
Cancer experts say Apple’s former CEO Steve Jobs could still be alive had he had surgery earlier.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2011/10/20/cancer-experts-say-apples-former-ceo-steve-jobs-could-still-be-alive-had-he-had-surgery-earlier/

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)

3. Wow. More than 50?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Dec 25, 2021, 02:34 PM

Dec 2021

This smells more like an insider loyalty test than any actual organization…

“The worker advocacy group, Apple Together” - with no spokesperson or previous record of making any of these “demands” prior to encouraging others to walk out.

Isn’t it normal for demands to be made and then, if unmet, to decide on some kind of action?

It seems kind of nebulous to demand “a more respectful workplace” and then call for a one-day walkout on a single day’s notice. It doesn’t seem like any other organized labor action.

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)

5. It does indeed raise a number of red flags (nt)

Reply to Effete Snob (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 25, 2021, 02:53 PM

Dec 2021

Tetrachloride

(8,460 posts)

7. Apple is large enough to be akin to the Borg. Not easy to break free.

Reply to Effete Snob (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 25, 2021, 03:15 PM

Dec 2021

50 is a nice start , especially compared to zero.

Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)

10. With more than 154,000 employees...

Reply to Tetrachloride (Reply #7)

Sat Dec 25, 2021, 04:27 PM

Dec 2021

…then 50 is not even a significant number among employees who did not go to work that day for whatever reason.

The BLS estimates the normal daily absentee rate to be around 2.8%. With Covid, that is likely higher, but that still means you would expect, on a normal day, around 430 absences.

But a Twitter account and a website run by no identified party which asks interested employees to identify themselves so they can be “vetted” is a heck of thing to ask people to trust.