Apple affirms employees' right to speak about working conditions, in a win for #AppleToo movement
Apple posted a statement to its employees Friday evening reminding them of their rights to speak up about their pay and working conditions. The move comes after months of employee organizing in a movement that's come to be known as #AppleToo.
"Apple is deeply committed to providing employees with a workplace where they feel safe, respected, and inspired to do their best work," the company said in the statement posted to an internal employee portal, which was obtained by CNN Business. "Our policies do not restrict employees from speaking freely about their wages, hours, or working conditions."
The statement added that employees are welcome to raise concerns "in the way they feel most comfortable, internally or externally." NBC first reported the memo Friday.
In recent months, Apple (AAPL) employees have broken with the company's historic culture of secrecy to speak out on controversial hiring decisions, alleged pay disparities and remote work policies.
Apple did not respond to requests for comment for this article.
Two Apple employees, Janneke Parrish and Cher Scarlett, started #AppleToo in August to help the company's workers "organize and protect ourselves," according to the movement's website. They called on coworkers to share stories of issues they may have faced, including incidents of racism, sexism and discrimination, in order to outline "changes we expect to see Apple make."
Parrish told CNN Business last month that they received hundreds of reports from employees within weeks about alleged incidents that "range the gamut from sexism and ageism to disclosures of rape and suicide," she said.
Parrish filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board earlier this month alleging that she was fired from her job as an Apple program manager in October in retaliation for her organizing efforts. (At the time, Apple said it does not discuss specific employee matters but that "we take all concerns seriously and we thoroughly investigate whenever a concern is raised." For her part, Scarlett said on Twitter last week that Friday was her last day at Apple.
Friday's statement by Apple is a win for the #AppleToo movement, Parrish told CNN Business.
"It's something that we've wanted Apple to communicate for the entirety of #AppleToo," Parrish said. "It's definitely not the end of the road but it's a really big first step and it shows what workers speaking in unison can achieve."
She added that one common theme in the stories that employees have submitted to #AppleToo is that workers don't know that they're allowed to speak up when issues arise.
The company's recent statement will "help end a systemic culture of silence around our working culture and pay equity," she said.
苹果确认员工有权谈论工作条件，这是#AppleToo 运动的胜利
苹果公司周五晚间向其员工发布了一份声明，提醒他们有权谈论自己的薪酬和工作条件。此举是在员工组织了几个月的运动之后做出的，该运动后来被称为#AppleToo。
“苹果公司坚定地致力于为员工提供一个让他们感到安全、受到尊重并受到鼓舞以尽最大努力工作的工作场所，”该公司在发布在内部员工门户网站上的声明中表示，该声明由 CNN Business 获得。 “我们的政策不限制员工自由谈论他们的工资、工时或工作条件。”
声明补充说，欢迎员工“以他们感到最舒适的方式，无论是内部还是外部”提出担忧。 NBC周五首先报道了这份备忘录。
最近几个月，苹果公司 (AAPL) 的员工打破了公司历史悠久的保密文化，就备受争议的招聘决定、所谓的薪酬差距和远程工作政策发表意见。
苹果公司没有回应对本文的置评请求。
据该运动网站称，苹果的两名员工 Janneke Parrish 和 Cher Scarlett 于 8 月发起了#AppleToo，以帮助公司员工“组织和保护自己”。他们呼吁同事分享他们可能面临的问题的故事，包括种族主义、性别歧视和歧视事件，以概述“我们希望看到苹果做出的改变”。
帕里什上个月告诉 CNN Business，他们在几周内收到了数百名员工关于所谓事件的报告，这些事件“范围从性别歧视和年龄歧视到强奸和自杀的披露，”她说。
帕里什本月早些时候向国家劳工关系委员会提起诉讼，称她在 10 月份被解雇，作为苹果项目经理，以报复她的组织工作。 （当时，Apple 表示不会讨论具体的员工问题，但“我们会认真对待所有问题，并在提出问题时进行彻底调查。”就她而言，Scarlett 上周在 Twitter 上表示，周五是她工作的最后一天。苹果。
帕里什告诉 CNN Business，苹果周五的声明是#AppleToo 运动的胜利。
“这是我们希望 Apple 在整个#AppleToo 活动中传达的内容，”帕里什说。 “这绝对不是道路的尽头，但这是非常重要的第一步，它展示了工人齐声讲话可以实现的目标。”
她补充说，员工提交给#AppleToo 的故事中的一个共同主题是，员工不知道在出现问题时他们可以畅所欲言。
她说，该公司最近的声明将“有助于结束围绕我们的工作文化和薪酬公平的系统性沉默文化”。
