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Apple Flagship Store in San Francisco Fills with Protestors

posted by janrinok on Friday August 29 2014, @11:24PM   Printer-friendly
from the definitely-not-fanbois dept.

n1 writes:

CNET reports:

Apple's San Francisco flagship store temporarily became a scene of confusion and arrests on Thursday because of a sit-in held inside. A gathering of roughly 50 protestors were demonstrating against Apple for allegedly underpaying contract employees that work at its retail stores.

The protestors reportedly belong to the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and said Apple routinely underpays contractors, such as security guards. The union also alleged that Apple hires contractors for part-time jobs to prevent paying employee benefits.

 
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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 30 2014, @02:37AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 30 2014, @02:37AM (#87438)

    They pulled the same crap years ago picketing in front of Apple buildings to get
    the janitors unionized. The only thing the janitors got was paying union dues.

    Maybe that's true in fantasyland silicon valley.

    But in the real silicon valley janitors were paid minimum wage and had no health insurance or other benefits before SEIU came along in the 90s.
    As recently as 2008 they went on strike in order to negotiate a 22% wage increase. [seiu.org]

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