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Apple Store employee moves to create union

By: |Jun 13th, 2011 at 10:40AM
Filed Under: Mobile
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An Apple Store employee in San Francisco named Cory Moll has moved to create a union for himself and other Apple Store workers, Reuters is reporting. Moll hopes that such a union would provide workers with increased wages, better benefits, and a backing against Apple’s “unfair practices.” “The core issues definitely involve compensation, pay, benefits,” Moll, a thirty-year old who currently makes $14 per hour, told Reuters. It could all be a pipe dream for now: “There’...

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AT&T Strike Update: CWA walks away from the table?

By: |Feb 8th, 2009 at 08:01PM
Filed Under: AT&T, BG's Corner, Exclusives, Rumors
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We just got a heads up that even though both parties agreed to an extension, the CWA just walked away from the bargaining table. Here’s a copy of an email sent out to AT&T employees, and also AT&T’s final offer to the CWA: (more…)

Union authorizes AT&T Mobility strike; could begin today

By: |Feb 7th, 2009 at 12:09PM
Filed Under: AT&T, News
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As unfortunate as it might be, it looks like our scoop this past Tuesday was indeed spot-on and AT&T Mobility reps could be preparing to strike as early as today. While often necessary, strikes are never a good thing and in almost all instances everyone involved hopes a strike can be avoided. Sometimes a good old fashioned picket sign-wielding march around HQ is inevitable however, and it’s looking more and more like that is the case for AT&T Mobility reps fighting for what they believe to more ...

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AT&T Mobility Sales Reps going on strike?

By: |Feb 3rd, 2009 at 02:00PM
Filed Under: AT&T, BG's Corner, Exclusives
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This is unconfirmed as a whole at the moment, but we got a couple tips that AT&T sales employees were about to go on strike as “corporate is unwilling to budge on benefits and compensation.” We asked one of our ninjas about this and they said that it is definitely “possible” and there was a contingency in place. We’ll keep digging, but if you suddenly realize your Bold exploded in your hands and you need a new one, you’ll know why your local AT&T store is surrounded...