Workers in Towson, Maryland, have earned the distinction of becoming the first Apple retail workers in the nation to vote to strike over failed union negotiations with their employer. The approximately 100 Apple workers were also the first in the nation to successfully form a union. They did so in 2022, as the Coalition of Organized Retail Employees (CORE), joining the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). Two-thirds of the store’s workers voted to join the union, a resounding success at a company that has long staved off union activity.
Many of us already are. And I know there’s selection bias at work, but a lot of my fellow vet friends are siding with the left.
I worry most about companies like Blackwater (now Academi in an attempt to dodge the negative press); those guys tend to be right-wing, and unlike the rest of the fascist militia wannabes, they’re actually trained and with good supply chains, and younger than us old-timers. That’s why I’m personally focusing on sniper-style training than run-and-gun; I can’t compete with those young bucks in stamina anymore. I’ll be more effective at camping.