Apple To Hike Starting Pay For Retail Workers As They Push To Unionize

Walnut Creek CA

27 May, 2022

12:55 PM

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MoneyWatch, CBS San Francisco Apple is raising wages for its retail workers as the technology giant faces a unionization push at the company's stores. Starting pay for Apple's hourly workers in the U.S. will rise $22 an hour, the Wall Street Journal first reported. The iPhone maker announced the new pay changes in an email announcing an increase in its compensation budget to employees Wednesday. Starting salaries for employees, meanwhile, are also expected to rise. "Supporting and retaining the best team members in the world enables us to deliver the best, most innovative, products and services for our customers," an Apple spokesman said in a statement to the Wall Street Journal. "This year as part of our annual performance review process, we're increasing our overall compensation budget." CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.