The International Association of Automated Workers’ Alliance of Retail Employees and Aerospace and Aviation Workers reached a tentative agreement with tech giant Apple Inc on Friday on improved work-life balance, wage increases and job security.
Workers at Apple’s retail store in Towson, Maryland, are scheduled to vote on the interim agreement on August 6.
The three-year interim agreement includes a 10% average pay increase, restrictions on contract employees, an end-of-service gratuity clause, improved work-life balance and transparency rules. The agreement will maintain all current benefits, and an agreement to negotiate any future additions.
Apple Store workers in Towson voted to allow a strike in May.
In June 2022, Apple workers in Maryland voted to join the International Association of Machinists and Aircraft Workers union, becoming the first retail employees at the tech giant to join a union in the United States.
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.