In January, Apple agreed to let its board oversee an independent audit of its US labor practices after five investors with $7 billion in company stock raised concerns about the unfair treatment of workers trying to unionize. Today, workers at two Apple Stores wrote to the company’s board claiming that Apple may be unfairly skewing the audit, by excluding workers at stores that have unionized. A report on the audit is due to be published by the end of the year.
Workers at a string of US Apple Stores have begun unionizing in recent years, citing issues ranging from wages and overwork to leaking sewage. In a
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