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Apple Begins Hiring Retail Store Employees in India, FT Reports
9Jan By adminNo Comments
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Apple Begins Hiring Retail Store Employees in India, FT Reports

[ad_1] Apple Inc. has begun hiring retail store workers in India and has plans to fill other roles as the technology company prepares to open stores in the country, according to a report by the Financial Times. Apple Inc. has begun hiring retail store workers in India and has plans to fill other roles as the technology company prepares to open stores in the country, according to a report by the Financial Times. The company's careers page lists several different opportunities for workers in India, including business expert, “genius,” operations expert and technical specialist. Apple's website currently shows over a hundred results for job positions in India. The retail positions, posted on Saturday, were listed for various locations within the country, including Mumbai and New Del...
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Russian software disguised as American finds its way into US Army, CDC apps
14Nov By adminNo Comments
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Russian software disguised as American finds its way into US Army, CDC apps

[ad_1] The United States' main agency, CDC for fighting major health threats, said it had been deceived into believing Pushwoosh was based in the U.S. capital. Thousands of smartphone applications in Apple and Google's online stores contain computer code developed by a technology company, Pushwoosh, that presents itself as based in the United States, but is actually Russian, Reuters has found.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the United States' main agency for fighting major health threats, said it had been deceived into believing Pushwoosh was based in the U.S. capital. After learning about its Russian roots from Reuters, it removed Pushwoosh software from seven public-facing apps, citing security concerns. The U.S. Army said it had removed an app containing Pushw...
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Apple’s Unionized Maryland Store Files Complaint Over Benefits
3Nov By adminNo Comments
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Apple’s Unionized Maryland Store Files Complaint Over Benefits

[ad_1] Apple Inc.’s unionized retail store in Maryland is filing a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board after it was excluded from some benefits. Apple Inc.'s unionized retail store in Maryland is filing a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board after it was excluded from some benefits, opening up a new front in the labor movement's struggle with the world's most valuable company. In October, Apple announced a suite of perks for retail and corporate employees in the US, including new medical benefits, prepaying for a portion of tuition for outside education, and free access to a premium Coursera Inc. subscription. But it withheld the benefits from the store in Towson, a suburb of Baltimore, indicating that the new perks would have to be negotiated as part o...
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Apple’s Oklahoma Store Is Second to Unionize After Vote
15Oct By adminNo Comments
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Apple’s Oklahoma Store Is Second to Unionize After Vote

[ad_1] A majority of Apple Inc. retail workers at a store in Oklahoma City have voted to unionize. A majority of Apple Inc. retail workers at a store in Oklahoma City have voted to unionize, expanding labor's new foothold at the world's most valuable company. The US National Labor Relations Board counted ballots Friday night from an election held among about 95 employees at the store, located in the city's upscale Penn Square Mall. Workers voted to join the Communications Workers of America, making theirs the second store to unionize among Apple's roughly 270 US outlets. The CWA's victory follows a June vote by staff at a Maryland store to join another labor group -- the International Association of Machinists -- marking one of several groundbreaking victories this year at previo...
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