This is a result of the incredible products and services it produces, but also because of people like you. RAFFWU helped bookshop members secure the best Enterprise Agreement in retail in 2021 through the direct action of members – including 6 months parental leave, substantially higher wages, double time on Sunday, job security and much more.Īpple Together Australia was formed to promote unionization with the aim of obtaining better pay for retail store workers.Īs most of you know, Apple has seen significant change in the last ten years: the company has grown to an almost $3 trillion behemoth, profiting more than any other company in human history. RAFFWU is the only bargaining representative involved in negotiations at Apple that has ever organised industrial action in retail workplaces. This meeting will take workers through how industrial action works, the steps needed to make action protected and lawful, how industrial action might influence Apple’s bargaining, and answer questions from workers. It is the third such call after the first two hosted by the ASU. We have another event coming up! This time it is being hosted by RAFFWU and is open to all team regardless of union membership.Ī special all Apple worker Zoom call is being hosted by RAFFWU. The latest meeting, scheduled for later this week, explains the ins and outs of industrial action. It follows two earlier briefings by the Australian Services Union (ASU).
It previously reached the UK.Īpple is still attempting to talk retail staff out of joining a union, though it has now made its in-store anti-union briefings “voluntary” … Apple store union battle expands to AustraliaĪpple Together Australia has announced the latest in a series of three Zoom meetings, this one hosted by the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU).
The Apple Store union battle has now expanded to Australia, with a series of Zoom briefings organized by Apple Together.