Union members in Apple Stores across Australia are now on strike and calling for Apple to return to negotiations.
As previously announced, workers in Australia’s Retail and Fast Food Workers Union (RAFFWU), left their Apple Store posts from 15:00 local time on Friday, December 23 (23:00 ET on Thursday, December 22.) They plan to stay out over Christmas Eve, traditionally a peak sales time for all retailers.
According to Reuters, at the center of the dispute is an agreement dating from 2014 which reportedly denies workers “weekends, consecutive days off, set rosters, set days of work, 12-hour breaks between shifts, [and] overtime rates.”