Big Tech labor issues are increasingly becoming relevant to the competition cases I comment on. I'm not going to become an expert in that field anytime soon, but when there are major developments that have a bearing on my priority topics, I may mention them. In December, the Communications Workers of America (CWA) labor union called Apple out on its astroturfing, and the same CWA has repeatedly declared itself in favor of Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard (as is AFL-CIO).
Bloomberg's Josh Eidelson broke the news of a finding by a U.S. government agency, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), that two of ex-Apple employee Ashley Gjøvik's ("Demanding Reform at Apple Inc." website, LinkedIn profile, Twitter profile) complaints have been deemed meritorious. As a result, Region 21 (Southern California) will--according to a January 30, 2023 email I've seen--"issue a Complaint, absent settlement, alleging various violations of Section 8(a)(1) of the National Labor Relations Act regarding Apple rules/policies and various unlawful statements by Apple supervisors/managers." The case numbers for the "unfair labor practice charges" by Mrs. Gjøvik against Apple are 32-CA-284428 and 32-CA-284441.
Those "Apple supervisors/managers" include CEO Tim Cook, who in a September 2021 email wrote (as 9to5Mac has also reported) that "people who leak confidential information do not belong here" and that Apple was "doing everything in [its] power to identify those who leaked." That...
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