2023-09-20 12:10:12
Employees of Apple Stores already France are calling for a greve for next Friday (22/9) which might extend to Saturday (23/9) — precisely the first two days of the line’s launch iPhone 15.
The call for strike (over wage demands) is expected to affect the majority of the 20 Apple Stores in France and will also be marked by a demonstration outside the store. Apple Operain Paris — one of the company’s most emblematic stores.
According to Albin Voulfowunion delegate of the French Democratic Confederation of Labor (French Democratic Confederation of Labouror CFDT), the outages are expected to cause a “ripple effect” over the two days.
The objective is not to block stores, but to make people, both managers and the general public, aware of the problem [salarial]. Normally the launch [de um novo iPhone] It’s a celebration, but this time we don’t feel like celebrating.
The strike was the path found by the unions representing Apple’s retail employees in France (as CTG, CFTD, WHAT e CIDER) following they were unsuccessful in annual negotiations with the Cupertino giant. In the country, the law requires many private companies to renegotiate employee salaries annually.
According to information from Bloomberg, the unions are trying to reach an agreement for a 7% increase in wages, as store management is only offering 4.5%. Unions also want to end the hiring freeze at Apple Stores and more equality when it comes to corporate benefits for employees, regardless of their position.
It is worth noting that this is not the first time that unionized Apple Store employees have called for a strike: a similar action took place in Australia, at Christmas 2022.
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