An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard, written by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai: A group of Apple workers has announced a campaign to improve working conditions within the company. On Monday, company employees launched a Twitter account called Apple Workers to gather stories from colleagues about workplace issues such as “persistent patterns of racism, sexism, inequity, discrimination, intimidation, suppression, coercion, abuse, unfair punishment, and unchecked privilege.” The account links to a website that contains the campaign’s announcement as well as a link to join it.
“We’ve exhausted all internal avenues. We’ve talked with our leadership. We’ve gone to the People team. We’ve escalated through Business Conduct. Nothing has changed,” the announcement read. “It’s time to Think Different.” “Connect with us to share your own experience, stay informed, or unite in solidarity with other current or former Apple workers. United, we can collaborate to iterate a healthier workplace,” the announcement continued. “We are working together to craft a statement on our behalf, reflecting our stories and an outline of changes we expect to see Apple make.”
The site also links to a “Wage Transparency Survey,” an initiative led by Cher Scarlett, an Apple employee who has recently organized an internal survey to find out if there are wage gaps inside the company. “Apple colleagues of all types — we are gathering in solidarity to push Apple to change internally,” Scarlett wrote on Twitter. The Apple employees are organizing in part on Discord channel, according to the person who runs the channel, who goes by Fudge. The person described themselves as a former Apple Authorized Service Providers employee, and asked to remain anonymous. Fudge said that the Discord channel has around 200 current and former employees.
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