Apple won't let unionized workers transfer out of closing store, union claims

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/apple-wont-let-unionized-workers-transfer-out-closing-store-union-claims-2026-04-27/

By Daniel Wiessner

April 27, 20263:13 PM CDTUpdated 14 hours ago

April 27 (Reuters) - Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab is shuttering a retail store in Maryland that was the ​company's first to unionize, and preventing workers there from transferring to other locations in retaliation, a union ‌alleged in a complaint filed on Monday.

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers says in the complaint, opens new tab filed with the National Labor Relations Board that Apple is discriminating against employees at the Towson, Maryland, store because of their union membership.

The union, known as IAM or the Machinists, says ​Apple is also closing two non-union U.S. stores and allowing those workers to transfer. But employees in Towson have been told ​they must reapply for jobs and compete with external candidates, the union said.

"Apple is denying union-represented ⁠workers the same opportunities it is giving to others — and doing so because these workers chose to organize," IAM's president, ​Brian Bryant, said in a statement.

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