Kind of Ironic, Isn't It? - Apple store employee seeks to plant union seed

Steve Jobs is such a brilliant and demanding force for Apple, but a liberal sycophant in Obama's circle. The unions were favored foremost in the GM and Chrysler bail-outs and Obama has interfered in Wisconsin and the planned move for Boeing to South Carolina to open a plant in a right to work state.

What else could Apple expect from their workers when support for Obama's ideology, that includes massive support for unions, has been part of Job's public persona? It is surprising that it hasn't happened more publicly and many years before this.

Apple store employee seeks to plant union seed - Yahoo! News

By Poornima Gupta | Reuters – Sun, 12 Jun, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - An Apple Inc store employee has started a union in a rare move at a company known for its near-fanatical following and cutting-edge mystique.

Cory Moll, a part-time employee at an Apple store in San Francisco, is working to form a union to fight for better wages and benefits and to address what he says are unfair practices in the company's glass-and-steel retail showrooms.

"The core issues definitely involve compensation, pay, benefits," Moll said, adding that he decided to go public with the union to encourage other employees to come forward.

While unions are strong in industries like trucking and autos, they are largely unheard of in Silicon Valley companies, which pride themselves on being quick-footed and having the flexibility to hire and fire.

Moll's budding campaign is also unusual given Apple's reputation for fierce employee loyalty.

Apple has more than 30,000 retail employees in its 325 stores around the world.

Moll, who has been working at Apple for four years, said he makes $14 an hour at the San Francisco Apple store. The minimum wage for 2011 in San Francisco, one of the most expensive cities in the United States, is $9.92 an hour. [read on at above link.]