Apple, Amazon Facing Emboldened Labor Movement After Key Inroads

Long seen as invulnerable to unions, Apple saw its staff in Oklahoma City vote overwhelmingly to join the Communications Workers of America, becoming the second store to unionize among the company’s roughly 270 US outlets. Amazon workers, meanwhile, walked off the job Friday in San Bernardino, California — the kind of workplace mobilization that used to be all but unheard of at the e-retailer, but became increasingly common during the pandemic.