Maryland Apple Labor Strategy Highlights Contrast To Amazon…

The difference could not be any more stark: Apple accepts that the workers voted 2-to-1 "Yes" -- on a union. So instead of federal trials and appeals, Apple is sitting down with the employees to reach a fair collective bargaining agreement -- and meetings are likely to begin, within weeks.

In any event, Tim Cook is in many ways, the opposite of Amazon's Bezos, and the financial bottom line at Apple will benefit from this. While it is true that Apple enjoys quite nearly the ability to charge whatever it wants for its tech, and thus may effortlessly pay people (much) more than it already does. . . Bezos could do much the same -- but he'd see a dip in his net worth, since he has around 1,600,000 employees; while Apple has less than a fifteenth of that figure.

Here's the latest -- from Apple Insider:

. . .Apple reportedly does not intend to challenge a vote to unionize by employees at one of its retail stores in Maryland, and plans to bargain with workers at the store "in good faith."

Earlier in June, a majority of employees at the Towson Town Center Apple Store voted to form a union — becoming the first in the U.S. to hold a vote. . . .

These are important, and likely expensive, object lessons Mr.Bezos has yet to learn. Respect for the outcome of a landslide election loss, genuine humility and straight-shooting, fair play. . . for all (whether a mega-billionaire, or just a paycheck to paycheck line worker) matter.

G'night all.

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