Monthly Archives: May 2022

Apple workers in Atlanta drop union vote request, citing intimidation tactics

By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Peterson) A labor group organizing Apple retail staff at an Atlanta location has withdrawn their request for an election, alleging that Apple has carried out illegal union-busting tactics.Apple Cumberland MallThe Communications Workers of America, which has been organizing staff at the Cumberland Mall Apple Store, says it withdrew its request because “Apple’s repeated violations of the National Labor Relations Act have made a free and fair election impossible,” Bloomberg …

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If the US government is good at anything, it’s failing at technology

By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Peterson) U.S. lawmakers are not just technologically illiterate — they’re tech-incompetent. In a world as reliant on tech hardware, software, and services as ours, that’s dangerous.US Capitol building at nightMembers of Congress from both sides of the aisle have repeatedly shown their lack of knowledge about essential tech topics. That hampers their ability to enact real change and undoubtedly leads them to draft ineffective and sometimes meaningless legislation. …

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