{"id":1682468,"date":"2022-10-10T23:51:07","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T03:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1682468"},"modified":"2022-10-10T23:51:48","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T03:51:48","slug":"some-apple-workers-in-australia-vote-to-strike-over-pay-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/some-apple-workers-in-australia-vote-to-strike-over-pay-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Apple workers in Australia vote to strike over pay, benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsome-apple-workers-in-australia-vote-to-strike-over-pay-benefits%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1682468&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>By Byron Kaye<\/p>\n<p>SYDNEY (Reuters) \u2013     A union representing Australian employees of iPhone maker Apple Inc voted to strike due to lack of progress on wage negotiations, a union official said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\">\n<\/div>\n<p>The one-hour strike planned for Oct. 18 is set to disrupt the tech company\u2019s store operations in the country and add to the pressure it is facing elsewhere on industrial relations.<\/p>\n<p>The planned strike will involve about 150 of Apple\u2019s 4,000 Australian employees who are represented by the Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU), restricting most customer services in at least three of the company\u2019s 22 stores in the country, the union said.<\/p>\n<p>The strike would be the first for Apple in Australia, according to the RAFFWU, and widens the company\u2019s global exposure to collective bargaining just as soaring cost-of-living pressures prompt U.S. employees of Apple and other large firms like Amazon.com Inc to unionise.<\/p>\n<p>In Australia, Apple set off a round of union talks by proposing in August a new set of locked-in wage rises and conditions. The RAFFWU and two other unions went to an industrial arbiter in September seeking more time to negotiate, which was granted, the unions and Apple have said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve come to the end of that today and we still aren\u2019t anywhere near a satisfactory agreement, so last night members unanimously endorsed that path,\u201d RAFFWU federal secretary Josh Cullinan told Reuters by phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen large groups of workers walk off, that will have an impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>RAFFWU-represented workers in most Australian Apple stores would strike but the impact would be strongest in outlets with more representation, Cullinan said.<\/p>\n<p>The three unions say they want Apple to guarantee wage increases that reflect inflation \u2013 which is tracking around 7% in Australia, double the central bank\u2019s target range \u2013 and weekends of two consecutive days rather than being split.<\/p>\n<p>Apple says its minimum pay rates are 17% above the industry minimum and that full-time workers get guaranteed weekends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are\u00a0committed to providing the best possible experience (for our employees), including very strong compensation and benefits, annual\u00a0stock grants and comprehensive leave policies, all of which exceed Australian industry standards,\u201d an Apple spokesperson said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Byron Kaye; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/uncategorized\/some-apple-workers-in\/attachment\/file-photo-the-apple-logo-is-seen-at-an-apple-5\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI9A03W-BASEIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI9A03W-BASEIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) \u2013 A union representing Australian employees of iPhone maker Apple Inc voted to strike due to lack of progress on wage negotiations, a union official<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1682468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1682468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1682468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1682468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1682468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1682468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1682468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}