Apple accused of forcing employees to sign illegal contracts, quashed labor efforts
by Amber Neely · AppleInsiderA U.S. labor board believes that Apple has violated employees' right to organize and forced them to adhere to overly strict standards and contracts.
On Monday, the National Labor Relations Board launched a complaint against Apple, claiming that it required its employees to sign illegal confidentiality, non-compete, and non-disclosure agreements. The complaint also alleges that Apple over-enforced social media and misconduct policies on its employees.
The statement, seen by Reuters, accuses Apple of "interfering with, restraining, and coercing employees in the exercise of" their rights under federal labor law.
It appears that Apple has no plans on settling the case, and instead intends to "share the facts at the hearing," an Apple spokesperson told Reuters. An administrative judge will hear the case in January.
The NLRB wants Apple to repeal its unlawful rules. It also believes the Cupertino-based company should be required to notify its workforce of their legal rights.
The accusations stem from a September 2021 case against Apple, in which Ashley Gjovik, a former senior engineering program manager was potentially fired as a retaliation for her attempts to discuss work-related issues, such as harassment, bullying, and sexism.
In May, the NLRB found that Apple conducted unauthorized interrogations of employees at the Apple World Trade Center retail store in New York City. Apple chose to appeal the ruling.
2 Comments
9secondkox2 3017 comments · 8 Years
About 1 hour ago
Signing contracts isn’t illegal.
And if a union is crushed by it, that’s also not illegal.
Nothing to see here.
Fred257 252 comments · 5 Years
About 37 minutes ago
9secondkox2 said:
Signing contracts isn’t illegal.
And if a union is crushed by it, that’s also not illegal.
Nothing to see here.
Unions are responsible for your 8 to 5 and your five day work week. They are also responsible for your higher salaries. Otherwise we all would be working 24 hours a day 7 days per week. These are facts. Just go to China where there are no unions and this is the reality. Capitalism requires communism to exist for their own slave work forces and no unions.
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