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The
effort at the Apple store in Cumberland Mall is backed by the
Communications Workers of America, according to a news release
issued by the union and workers involved in the effort. More
than 70% of the more than 100 workers eligible to join the union
- in sales, technical, creative and operations roles - signed
cards expressing a desire to organize, the union said.
A spokesperson for the U.S. National Labor Relations Board
confirmed that the agency's Atlanta office received the union
petition on Wednesday. If certain conditions are met, the NLRB
works with the union and the employer to arrange an election.
"We work hard at Apple because we really believe in the products
and the company and we want to make sure that every Apple worker
is able to afford quality housing and basic living expenses,"
Elli Daniels, an Apple worker who is part of the union effort,
said in a statement.
Apple did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The news of the petition was first reported by Bloomberg Law.
Unionization efforts are gaining momentum at some large U.S.
corporations including Amazon.com Inc and Starbucks Corp.
Apple is known for its reticent culture, but last year some
current and former workers began criticizing the company's
working conditions online, using the hashtag #AppleToo.
(Reporting by Julia Love in San Francisco and Tiyashi Datta in
Bengaluru; Editing by Aditya Soni and Will Dunham)
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