Thread by @ParentingIn2020

I haven’t really shared this story but I think I it’s an important story for me to talk about to really underscore that many times unionizing is NOT just about hourly wages and time off, educational assistance, or similar

Benefit related reasons. For those of you who do not know, I have a daughter who will be two in December. Apple has a new parent leave policy that involves full paid time off, and gradual return to work after for a number of weeks. As I was working my gradual return to work

Schedule (20 hrs a week) I asked a manager about arranging those days I worked in a specific way to maximize the amount of time I got to spend with my daughter. I did this for two reasons 1) My wife did not get maternity leave and 2) what new parent wouldn’t? I love

My child more than life itself. The advice I was given was that what I was requesting was ok and it wouldn’t impact my pay. Fast forward a few weeks and I’m missing half my paycheck. I have a two month old daughter at home and half my check is just gone.

I talked to the manager who gave me the advice who apologized profusely and promised to do what they could to get me taken care of and made whole. This manager helped me call HR, called HR on their own, AND spoke to our store leader about remedies. I was told there was NOTHING

That apple could do. This almost $3T company couldn’t pay me because “there wasn’t a fund to pull that money from”. I had a MANAGER behind me and I got absolutely ZERO recourse because there was no specific account to pull that from. Essentially, I was alone in that office.

I barely mentioned it to anyone because sometimes bad things happen and the only option is to force yourself to work it out and that’s what I had to do. I never talked ill of anyone involved and most of you will probably learn this for the first time, because I DO love this

Company. But as much as I love this company, I can not be ok with how this turned out. I never have been. But if there’s a way to make sure that I or any one of my peers do not have to deal with something that egregiously inhuman from an otherwise great company, then I’m going to

This is why we unionize. It’s not purely about benefits or pay. Everyone’s reason is different and everyone’s reason is valid, just as everyone’s reason for opposing is valid. #LaborOmniaVincit