What unions could mean for Apple with Zoe Schiffer

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Today is Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, or WWDC. It’s one of the biggest events of the year for Apple, one of the most important companies in the world. In fact, Apple is the most valuable company in the world, and it posted $18 billion in net profits in its first quarter — the most quarterly profit of any public company in history. So, as we go into another huge Apple event, I wanted to have Verge labor reporter Zoe Schiffer on to talk about something else that’s happening inside Apple: a brewing push by its retail employees to unionize, store by store, because they’re unhappy with their pay and working conditions. Zoe is really well-sourced; she has an inside look at this fight. So, she helps us explain how this all works and what it might mean. Links: Fired #AppleToo organizer files labor charge against the company Apple’s frontline employees are struggling to survive Apple hires anti-union lawyers in escalating union fight This is what Apple retail employees in Atlanta are fighting for First US Apple Store union election set for June 2nd in Atlanta Apple accused of union busting in new labor board filing Transcript: https://www.theverge.com/e/22917648 Credits: Decoder is a production of The Verge, and part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. Today’s episode was produced by Creighton DeSimone and Jackie McDermott and it was edited by Callie Wright. The Decoder music is by Breakmaster Cylinder. Our Sr Audio Director is Andrew Marino and our Executive Producer is Eleanor Donovan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:16.5	Results may vary.
0:17.5	Hello, welcome to Decoder.
0:25.2	I'm Neil Appetel, Editor in Chief of the Verge, and Decoder is my show about big ideas.
0:29.7	This week's Decoder episode is coming to you a day early, because today is Apple's
0:35.4	Worldwide Developer Conference for WWDC.
0:39.2	If you're really in it, you just call it dub dub.
0:40.9	It's one of the biggest events of the year for Apple, which is one of the most important
0:44.6	companies in the world.
0:45.6	In fact, Apple is the most valuable company in the world.
0:48.7	They just posted $18 billion of net profit in its first quarter.
0:52.6	It's the most quarterly profit of any public company in history.
0:57.6	So as we go into another huge Apple event, I wanted to have Verge Labor reporters Zoe
1:02.3	Schiffer on the show to talk about something else that's happening inside Apple, a brewing
1:07.1	push by its retail employees to unionize, store by store, because they're unhappy with
1:12.6	their pay and working conditions.
1:15.4	If you're Decoder listener, you probably remember Zoe.
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