- Oz Apple Store staff vote to strike for better pay, settled rosters, clean shirts- Workers win vote to form first-ever US Apple Store union- Google datacenter contractors claim 'retaliation' for talking workers' rights- Amazon drivers unionize after AI sends them on 'impossible' routesIt was during the same period that the CWA filed a complaint with the NLRB on behalf of Cumberland workers alleging the same things that the Board now said are with enough merit to at least warrant further investigation.The New York case has advanced to the hearing stage [PDF], with an NLRB ALJ previously set to hear the case on December 13, though a date change has been ordered.Two steps forward, one backApple employees in two locations - Towson, Maryland and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - both voted to unionize this year, while employees in St. Louis recently withdrew requests for an organizing vote.St. Louis staff petitioned the NLRB with a formal rejection of efforts by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) to organize their store, telling Bloomberg that they didn't believe the IAM could provide "anything complementary to Apple's culture and existing benefits."While a setback for unionization efforts at Apple retail stores, iUnionization efforts have still been more successful than attempts to organize Amazon warehouses, where just one of five votes have succeeded, with Amazon also being accused of suppressing unionization attempts."