Apple is preventing unionized employees at its Towson, Maryland store from transferring to other locations while allowing non‑union store workers to move.
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers filed a complaint with the NLRB alleging discrimination after Apple announced the store’s closure.
Apple says the collective bargaining agreement only grants transfer rights if a new store opens within 50 miles, otherwise severance applies.
Apple operates about 270 U.S. retail stores, with only Towson and Oklahoma City unionized in a five‑year organizing effort.