AppleTogether

AppleTogether

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A global solidarity union of workers from all parts of Apple #AppleTogether #AppleUnion Website and Discord Server: https://appletogether.org

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"Apple as a company has a huge devices business that allows it to pursue different priorities." Different priorities.... Like union busting.... appletogether.org/hotnews/bran...

appletogether.orgA Brand Is Simply TrustIt’s time to think equitable at Apple—together.
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Apple TV is the only major streaming service that doesn’t have an ad-supported tier yet, and Apple as a company has a huge devices business that allows it to pursue different priorities. Read more from @jank0.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/column/94829...

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“Contracted COVID at work. Subsequently hospitalized and diagnosed with long COVID. Gaslit by leadership that I’ve been on leave too long and to consider employment elsewhere. Our soul is our people!”

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Steve Jobs once said: “A brand is simply trust.” If that is true, then it brings to mind the words of the iconic hip-hop group Public Enemy: “Can’t Truss It” THIS is why we organize. #1U #solidarity

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“They have been PIPing people and firing them at a higher than usual rate. Some people in retail are reporting firings over minor policy violations. I feel like this whole “no layoffs” thing is pretty much bullshit. It feels like “hidden” layoffs without layoff protections”

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“Another worker got fired at my place last week. And another worker was told that if she’s late one more time, she’s fired because of her DC [Documented Coaching]. She was late because the train stopped due to police activity. It happens every now and then here in Chicago. We can’t control trains.”

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“It stopped feeling like we were helping customers and started feeling like we were constantly being evaluated,” one former employee said on condition of anonymity out of fear of retaliation. “People who had been there for years suddenly felt disposable.”

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From our Towsend members: “We are deeply disappointed with Apple and are investigating every way we can advocate and fight for our members and our community. The store closing is not just an attack on workers, it is an attack on a majority black community that will be impacted by..." 1/4

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Fighting for the jobs of our members isn’t just for their livelihoods, but the livelihoods of our community.” Solidarity with all retails workers. None of these stores need to close. 3/4

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From our Towsend members: “We are deeply disappointed with Apple and are investigating every way we can advocate and fight for our members and our community. The store closing is not just an attack on workers, it is an attack on a majority black community that will be impacted by..." 1/4

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"...a lack of access to an Apple Store. Apple Towson is the only accessible store for hundreds of thousands of Baltimoreans who rely on public transportation, and is the closest store for over 3 millions people living in Maryland and Pennsylvania." 2/4

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And just to be perfectly clear about the facts at hand, please read this interview with Amos Goldberg, professor of Holocaust History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, who wrote an article about the situation in Gaza for an Israeli online magazine www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/prof...

jewishvoiceforlabour.org.ukProf. Amos Goldberg: “Yes, it is genocide”Amos Goldberg, professor of Holocaust History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, wrote the following article about the situation in…
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While thousands of Apple workers in Minnesota and around the country are facing daily threats of violence from ICE, Tim Cook is socializing with the man responsible for it. Shame on you, Tim. Protect your workers. We expect better from you. #1u #Apple

ESG Hound@esghound.com

Here's Apple CEO Tim Cook hanging out with disgraced sex pest Brett Ratner at the Fascist Dementia Pedophile's party for the movie they collaborated on as part of a straightforward bribery campaign to cover up said dying pedophile's sex crimes and ongoing coup of the United States

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While thousands of Apple workers in Minnesota and around the country are facing daily threats of violence from ICE, Tim Cook is socializing with the man responsible for it. Shame on you, Tim. Protect your workers. We expect better from you. #1u #Apple

9to5Mac@9to5mac.com

Tim Cook addresses Minneapolis shootings in internal memo: ‘time for deescalation’

9to5mac.comTim Cook addresses Minneapolis shootings in internal memo: ‘time for deescalation’Following intense criticism for attending a VIP White House screening of the ‘Melania’ documentary just hours after the killing of Alex Pretti, Bloomberg reports that Tim Cook sent an internal memo to Apple employees, where he tried to address the situation. Read it below. more…
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We contacted the creators of the petition and got this response: "We're hoping to connect with the folks who have signed so that we can decide as a community what makes sense as next steps to keep the pressure on tech leaders to do whatever they can to stop ICE."

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In my experience, the general public often don't understand the extent to which critical infrastructure systems rely on very small groups of highly-trained individuals. In addition, some of these controllers will have lingering cognitive effects. 7news.com.au/news/covid-o...

7news.com.auCOVID outbreak blamed for Sydney Airport chaosA COVID wave through Sydney Airport's control tower has left airlines furious and passengers stranded.
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🧵4/15 We really need to have our unionized AppleTV+ content creators DEMAND that Apple STOP union-busting. This may sound like a big request, but we understand the risk that we are asking. #1U #WGA

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🧵5/15 After all, many of us live paycheck to paycheck and a union is the only way to really improve our positions. To shine a light on the severity of the subject, here are some of the kinds of things that we have been facing worldwide. #UnionStrong

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Union busting attorneys train supervisors on what to say to persuade workers to vote down a union. Whether you are a bus driver, a nurse, a tech, or a call center worker, employers will hire union busters who will train supervisors in this anti-union script, or “playbook.” unionbustingplaybook.com

unionbustingplaybook.comUnion Busting PlaybookWhen employees try to organize a union for a better and more secure job, employers often fight back strong, in the form of union-busting. Find out about common union-busting strategies and learn about...
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Translation: "Apple bets on precariousness and hires 20/24 hours a week. Then it abuses the use of the extra hours that should be non-standard, and makes them a routine thing. If they are routinely needed, it is because more workers need to be hired."

CGT Apple@cgtapple.bsky.social

Apple apuesta por la precariedad y contrata a 20/24 horas de jornada semanal. Luego abusa del uso de las horas complementarias q deberían ser algo excepcional, y las convierte en algo rutinario. Si se necesitan de forma rutinaria es porque hace falta contratar a más trabajadores.