Catherine Thorbecke at CNN reports Workers at Apple’s first Unionized Retail Store has begun collectively bargaining with management - a milestone moment not only for the iPhone Company but for all of Big Tech.  Apple Store Workers in Towson, Maryland, who made history in June by voting to form the first Union at one of the Tech Giant’s U.S. stores, started contract negotiations with Apple management. The Worker Group, based out of a mall near Baltimore, is organized with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) Union.  Risa Lieberwitz, a Professor of Labor and Employment Law at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, said: “There’s a lot at stake (for Apple Employees at this and other stores as the negotiations commence).  Other Apple workers will be watching this.  Other Workers in the Tech Industry will be watching this.”

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