The president said that he was proud of the Apple employees in Maryland who voted to unionize. The first Apple retail workers to unionize in the US are in Maryland.
Biden said that workers have a right to decide if they want to work or not. "Everyone is better off, including the final product is better off," he said.
Over 100 employees at the Apple Store in Maryland voted to unionize over the course of a week. The employees voted to join the union. Apple will begin negotiations with the union once the National Labor Relations Board has verified the votes.
The employees of the Maryland Apple Store want to be paid better. The decision to form a union is about workers gaining access to their rights that they don't currently have.
The Maryland store's vote to unionize could encourage other stores to do the same. In May of this year, Apple's head of retail tried to stop employee unionization by sending out a video to retail stores.
O'Brien said that a union would make it more difficult for Apple to implement immediate, widespread changes and that it would make it harder for Apple to act quickly to address things that employees bring up.
Apple promised to improve working conditions for retail employees. Apple wants employees to work at least 12 hours between shifts, up from the current minimum of 10. Employees won't have to work past 8:00 p.m. for more than three days a week unless they choose to work late, and they won't be scheduled to work more than five days in a row except during holidays.
In February, Apple increased the number of paid sick days, started giving more vacation days, and increased parental leave time. Apple retail locations in Washington State, New York, and Atlanta have taken steps to unionize, with employees asking for higher pay, better retirement options, and more vacation time
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