Workers at Apple's Grand Central Terminal store are moving toward a union vote

The Washington Post reported that employees at the Apple Store in Grand Central Terminal are trying to form a union. The organizers leading the effort say they voted on February 21st to join Workers United. Starbucks employees across the US have been helped by the same labor union.

Grand Central is an extraordinary store with unique working conditions that make a union necessary to ensure our team has the best possible standards of living in what have proven to be extraordinary times with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and once-in-a- generation consumer price inflation.

The Post asked Apple if it would support the unionization effort. The company was accused of employing tactics to convince workers that unionization is against their best interests.

A spokesman for the company told The Post that they value everything that retail team members bring to the company.

There are more than 270 Apple stores in the US. According to The Post, at least three other retail locations are trying to form a union. signature cards are being handed out at the company's Grand Central location. Fruit Stand Workers United can petition the National Labor Relations Board to hold an election if at least 30 percent of the store's workers are interested in unionization.

Amazon's JFK8 fulfillment center on Staten Island is one of the places that have begun to unionize. At the beginning of April, a majority of workers voted to form the first-ever Amazon union. Despite spending $4.3 million on anti-union consultants, the effort was successful.