Apple retail union organizers want workers to be paid at least $30 per hour

[KidJSoul]

people use to support whole families selling TV's and VCR's.

This

 

[Juggalo Fred]

Apple can easily afford it

 

[Rekkapryde]

If you made the equivalent of more than 950k in 1978, your top tax rate was getting hit for 70%

need to bring dem days back

 

[aXiom]

#s do matter

I'm all for ensuring wages paid align to cost of living. No need to sell me on that.

From what I glean from the article, the pay range today is ~ $17-30

What's being asked for is near ~75% increase for the lowest paid tier

Sure hope they get it. I was just asking what's the justification for such an increase? Just cost of living and/or have the skills/qualifications required changed over the years.

Costs will be passed down to consumers

What's the justification for wage suppression and slave wages over the past 30 years? What's the justification for having tax payer funded social safety nets make up for what these companies should have been providing in the first place? Allowing for further syphoning of wealth from the people who have nothing, while also creating a permanent underclass of people who will never own anything and live purely to be a wage slave for the people that do. This works until it doesn't.

People need to be able to afford basic necessities if working a fulltime job. I don't care what the number is, as long as it provides what people need in exchange for their time.

 

[PortCityProphet]

30/hr they bout to only offer PT positions

 

[Mordith]

Speaking as an Apple shareholder. Fire them all and hire new employees for 15/hr...

 

[levitate]

I mean, it’s not like Apple can’t afford it…

 

[Wild self]

30/hr they bout to only offer PT positions

With the extreme worker shortage, people will quit if you cap their hours to 25 or less per week. Best to be fully transparent with them or else thwir morale will be non existent

 

[SNYC]

Sure why not, they can afford it

Their consumer base doesn't mind paying to avoid having a 'green bubble'

 

[darealvelle]

Lol I use to work at the  Store we literally did nothing and knew nothing. Lol omg $30 an hour would be the ultimate fleece in job history

 

[Rekkapryde]

Speaking as an Apple shareholder. Fire them all and hire new employees for 15/hr...

Shareholder too, but dem days are gone breh.


....unless you entice them with Apple Products for FREE

 

[Will Ross]

I'll never understand these kind of posts.. explain why you have a problem with this?

Yall sound like corporate apologist. Have you seen the price of good and services lately?

If this sets a baseline, then this is good for everyone as companies are gonna have to start paying more to keep higher skilled employees as they'll start to realize they're underpaid too.

Simple people put time and effort into getting skilled.
You think they are not going to have an issue with someone not skilled getting the same as them

 

[beenz]

As much as they charge for them cult phones im all for it.

they could pay that wage and still rake in massive profits

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

fukk that i will never talk down some 1 seeking more pay from a billion dollar corporation

 

[Mordith]

Shareholder too, but dem days are gone breh.


....unless you entice them with Apple Products for FREE

30 an hr is no where near an appropriate wage for a retail worker.