Apple Store Union Movement Stalls as Tech Titan Strikes Back

Organizing the nearly 300 Apple stores in the US presented an opportunity for unions to gain a foothold in big tech. Two years after the first group of workers won a union election in suburban Baltimore, however, only one other store has followed suit, revealing the continued difficulties unions face in organizing major tech companies.

The wave of union organizing that swept the US in early 2022 gave labor leaders the incentive to set their sights on Apple Inc. Workers at its retail stores were feeling burned out and agitated from the pandemic, rising cost of living, and a shortage ...