Apple Scores Win in Labor Case Involving Fired Retail Staff
- NLRB prosecutors dismiss some charges against iPhone maker
- Still, labor officials maintain that Apple mistreated workers
Apple has clashed with union groups and the US labor board over the last two years as retail stores in the US push to unionize.
Photographer: Gabby Jones/BloombergThe National Labor Relations Board dismissed the most serious allegations against Apple Inc. in a high-profile case involving fired retail store employees, though officials still maintain that the company mistreated workers.
Last year, the company terminated five workers who helped organize union activity at its store in Kansas City, Missouri. The workers were let go for missing work, showing up late and failing to properly mark their attendance, Apple said. But the Communications Workers of America, or CWA, alleged in charges filed with the NLRB last year that the workers were actually fired for their unionization efforts.