Getty Images The labor union behind the tipping scheme is the Coalition of Organized Retail Employees (CORE). The Townson Apple store - which is located inside this Town Center - is one of only two unionized Apple stores in the US. The union went on to say that a tipping scheme gives customers a means to thank Apple employees for their assistance, and revealed that “if a customer insists on leaving you money, as they often do, the money is required to be placed in the safe and goes to the company, not the employees.”Īll the extra cash earned through these tips would be divided between the 100-plus members of the union on a biweekly basis based on hours worked, the proposal said. In a series of tweets explaining the proposal, CORE said that “Apple employees everywhere can tell you that they are already being offered tips by customers regularly, however, if an employee accepted even $1, it would be grounds for immediate termination.” Unionized workers at an Apple store in Townson, Md., are negotiating with the tech giant to add a tipping scheme to all in-store credit-card purchases. These unionized workers also want more holidays and additional vacations days - and both with better pay. The bargaining unit also asked for 10% pay raises and an extended bereavement leave from 10 days per occurrence to up to 45 days per year, and asked that the policy include pets and close friends. The tipping proposal is just part of the negotiations CORE is trying to make with the tech giant. Nevertheless, the stratospheric prices of items for sale at Apple stores, running in the hundreds if not thousands of dollars - and the high cost of repairing items at the Genius Bar - point to tips of $20 and up. “We do not see tips as a major way of generating income,” CORE wrote.ĬORE tweeted that it instead sought to “create an acceptable system that allows the occasional customer the ability to reward our team for their hard work” without the possibility of its members losing their jobs. Tips would be available to the store’s employees on all transactions, which would throw out Apple’s current policy where Apple employees who accept a tip are fired.ĬORE clarified its plans for the “controversial” tipping scheme in a Twitter thread on Thursday. The labor union is in talks with Apple about a tipping system in which customers paying with a card would be prompted to tip 3%, 5%, a custom amount or none at all upon checkout, Bloomberg reported. The staffers at Apple’s Towson, Md., location were the first to unionize when they formed The Coalition of Organized Retail Employees (CORE) in 2022. Watching for Apple Watch deals this Prime Day 2023? We found them all on Amazon hereĪt the (lap)top of the charts: Best Amazon Prime Day laptop deals of 2023, from Samsung to DellĮmployees at the US’s first unionized Apple store want to start accepting tips from customers. Take note: The iPad is on a super sale for Amazon Prime Day 2023 and we found the best pricesĭeals that rock us to our (Apple) core: Save up to $100 off with the best Amazon Prime Day AirPods deals
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