Share the QR code < / P > < p > with wechat scanning code to friends and circles of friends < / P > < p > < / P > < p > April 19. On Monday, local time, employees of the labor union of Apple retail store at Grand Central in New York announced the first public oriented website and asked to increase the hourly salary of employees to at least $30 < p > earlier this year, employees of Apple retail store in New York central station began to take measures to form trade unions. Their trade union website is called fruit stand workers united and lists the requirements for raising the minimum wage and benefits. The move shows that Apple employees believe they should have higher value in the tight labor market < p > the union organizers wrote on their website: "in terms of salary, we require a minimum hourly salary of $30 for all employees, which is the result of a comprehensive assessment based on factors such as position, tenure and performance. For benefits, we seek more powerful changes, such as increasing reimbursable tuition fees, increasing vacation time, and providing better retirement options, including higher 401 (k) Matching rate and joining pension plan. In order to ensure health and safety, we hope to evaluate the safety agreement through customer interaction and study the track dust of central station, the impact of building materials on health and noise pollution. " < p > it was previously reported that the hourly salary of Apple employees ranged from $17 to more than $30, depending on their market and experience. New York City, where the retail store is located, has the highest cost of living in the United States. Verizon said it would raise the minimum hourly wage to $20 on Monday < p > an apple spokesman said in a statement: "we are pleased to provide very generous compensation and benefits for full-time and part-time employees, including medical care, tuition reimbursement, new parental leave, paid home leave, annual stock grant and many other benefits." As early as February this year, apple began to prepare to provide salary increases and other benefits to retail employees to retain employees in the increasingly competitive labor market < p > the organizer also explained the "reasons" for forming a trade union, including 1) providing job security for employees through negotiation with apple; 2) Provide additional resources for all employees, such as mortgage financing; 3) Seek to achieve the three major objectives of unionization, namely, to provide better compensation for all qualified employees, more robust benefits and a comprehensive analysis of working conditions (mainly related to health and safety) < p > union organizers said: "Any failure to reach an agreement will be left to apple. The union does not intend to negotiate with apple on recruitment, promotion and mobility policies, nor will it involve changes in time and attendance policies. That is, if these policies are not included in the contract, they will remain unchanged. If Apple tries to introduce stricter time and attendance policies just because employees decide to unite to form a union, we may think it is wrong It's retaliation and preventing apple from implementing these policies. " < p > a trade union organization committee led by Apple employees is collecting authorization cards, which will determine the degree of support for the trade union in this apple retail store. Of the approximately 270 eligible employees in the central station retail store, the trade union needs 30% to submit an application to the National Labor Relations Commission, which is a key step before submitting an application for the formation of a trade union < p > if the organizer can obtain the authorization card of 30% of employees, and then more than 50% of employees vote for the establishment of a trade union, the trade union will be officially recognized < p > Apple's latest regulatory filing shows that the company has 154000 employees worldwide and 270 retail stores in the United States. Apple reported that its global sales exceeded $365 billion in fiscal year 2021. (small) < / P > < p >