Fruit Stand Workers United are organizing at Grand Central for a better future. Our store has been open a decade and has no doubt contributed to Apple's exponential growth in that time. Yet Apple is not paying retail workers their fair share.
Year over year, the cost of living in New York City has not kept pace with our wages. Meanwhile, Apple has grown to be the most valuable company in the world. Why should its retail workers live precariously?
When Apple’s goal is to make more money every year than they did the last, and their clientele has grown as much as it can, they have no choice but to extract more and more labor from their workforce, all while spending as little money as possible on that workforce.
As Apple continues this process, the must extend us a seat at the table. We cannot live at the whims of Apple’s generosity. We can’t bet our futures on luck.
If Apple’s goal is "To leave the world better than we found it", then they need to hold themselves to a higher standard.
We want to unionize for direct bargaining power with Apple Grand Central.
When they decide what we’re paid, what benefits we receive, the career paths we can access, and the safety of our workplace, we want a say.
Working with a labor union will give us the legal right to representation in all matters of employment, leave, working conditions and compensation.
These are the factors that determine the quality of our lives, our ability to start and raise healthy, happy families, and the trajectory of our movement through the world.
These decisions determine, in large part, what we can become. They should be ours. They should belong to us.
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