An Atlanta NLRB director found merit to allegations that Apple violated labor law.
The allegations included that Apple held captive audience meetings, interrogated workers, and made coercive statements.
The NLRB said a formal complaint will be issued against Apple if it doesn't settle the charges.
The National Labor Relations Board said Apple violated federal law at an Atlanta retail location in relation to union efforts at the store.
The board's regional director for Atlanta found merit to allegations of captive audience meetings, coercive statements, and interrogation, Kayla Blado, an NLRB spokesperson, told Insider.
Blado said the regional director will issue a formal complaint if Apple doesn't settle the charges, which would lead to a hearing in front of NLRB's Administrative Law Judge. Apple would be able to appeal any ruling from an NLRB judge, and such complaints can eventually make their way to federal court.
Apple, which did not respond to Insider's request for comment, has previously denied wrongdoing in a complaint with similar allegations concerning a New York Apple Store.
The Communications Workers of America, the union that filed an unfair labor practice report against Apple in May, accused the company of holding mandatory meetings at its location in the Atlanta Cumberland Mall that discouraged union membership, a press release from the group said.
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