IAM-CORE Quizzes Towson Crew on Union Bargaining Priorities

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24 AUGUST 2022 - As the Apple Towson Town Center union prepares to collectively bargain, employees are mulling one big question: What are we bargaining for? A piece from 9 to 5 Mac says employees at the Maryland outlet have been issued surveys by the union asking “what they would like to be the priorities when it comes to negotiating with [Apple].”

The report says Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman got a copy of the survey and posted it on Twitter. “Members are asked to choose up to three issues from a list of eight,” according to 9 to 5 Mac. Those include:

• Wage increases

• Improvements to health & welfare benefits

• Medical costs containment

• Retirement (i.e., 401(k), pension)

• Scheduling issues

• Improved paid time off (i.e., vacation, holidays, sick leave)

• Respect from employer

• Increase staffing

That’s followed by a really long list of issues that workers are meant to rate on a range from “Not important” to “Essential.” That covers everything from adding a cost-of-living adjustment to overtime procedures to improving pet insurance coverage.

Honestly, the first question on the survey is probably the most important: How secure do you believe your job is today?

No indication in the story nor on Gurman’s post regarding when the surveys are due in.