While working conditions are regularly called into question in the run-up to Apple's next financial results, one of the company's stores will be on striketomorrow. It is aboutthe Val d'Europe Apple Store, located in the Paris region near the Disneyland amusement park. Normally, the store should be open from 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. that day, but disruptions are therefore expected.
We do not know the number of employees who will leave their positions for the opportunity, at this time. However, we know that it istechnical assistance that could be affectedas a priority. It is likely that sales will therefore continue without a major slowdown, which can be understood in terms of prioritization given thelatest delays in iPhone deliveries.
Better salaries at stake?
According to information shared by the CGT, which represents employees asserting their rights, it is above all the question ofremunerationwhich would have pushed them to declare this strike action. More precisely, it would be a question of guaranteeing fairer and more egalitarian amounts.
If in general it is the factors of experience and qualification which can come into play in this type of case, we know that Apple was recently singled out for asupposedly sexist salary scale in the United States. A file which ultimately led to the dismissal of whistleblowers across the Atlantic, but also to the arrival of new unions on the local scene. In France, however, the demands have remained relatively discreet until now: this is the first time that such an event has made the headlines.
Women would like to evolve better
Even beyond lower salaries, the strikers also believe that women working at Apple in France “have more difficulty developing in certain positions” than men. Here perhaps lies another explanation behind the declining position of the apple firm within thelatest ranking from Glassdoor, which lists the best companies to work for.
On the user side, if you want to have your iPhone, iPad or Mac repaired, it is better to go to an authorized partner or to another Apple Store tomorrow. In Seine-et-Marne, another official brand is open toLieusaintat the same times on Saturday.
