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Labor lawyers say Apple has violated worker protections by shutting down three employee-run surveys on women and underrepresented minorities' pay equity

under US law, employees have the right to discuss pay.” https://www.theverge.com/... Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : It's illegal for an employer to ban employees from sharing salary information with each other. Sharing spreadsheets of salary information is a great way for employees to validate they are being paid fairly across demographics and experience levels. https://www.theverge.com/... Minh Ngo / @minhtngo : What Tim Cook says: “Issues of human dignity will not abide standing on the sidelines.” What Tim Cook does: bans surveys that include diversity data. https://www.theverge.com/... via @Verge Rachael Myrow / @rachaelmyrow : “I don't think anyone is saying there for sure is a #wagegap, whether that's gender or race or disability. But every time someone tries to [do a survey], @Apple shuts it down...like maybe there is a problem, and they're aware of it.” https://www.theverge.com/... via @ZoeSchiffer https://twitter.com/... Cher Scarlett / @cherthedev : Just as I thought, it's our right to gather this data amongst ourselves, and Apple stopping it is illegal. https://twitter.com/... @zoeschiffer : Apple has been shutting down employee-run surveys on pay equity, citing stringent rules on how employees can collect data. We talked to multiple labor lawyers and organizers who say the company is violating worker protections — including their right to discuss pay. https://twitter.com/...

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  • @cherthedev Cher Scarlett on x
    Two pay transparency surveys have been shut down in the past 6 months at Apple. I won't be intimidated. We have the right to collect this data amongst ourselves. There's a new survey, voluntary and totally anonymous. The password is my status in Slack. https://cherscarlett.typefo…
  • @zoeschiffer @zoeschiffer on x
    Apple has been shutting down employee-run surveys on pay equity, citing stringent rules on how employees can collect data. We talked to multiple labor lawyers and organizers who say the company is violating worker protections — including their right to discuss pay. https://twitte…
  • @cherthedev Cher Scarlett on x
    Scratch that: THREE pay transparency surveys including one that was shut down yesterday that didn't contain the data (gender) that they told the originators was “prohibited”. This is a protected concerted activity.
  • @techwontsaveus @techwontsaveus on x
    Apple has shut down three informal surveys on how much employees make. But labor lawyers say “the company may be violating worker protections: the surveys can be considered a form of labor organizing—under US law, employees have the right to discuss pay.” https://www.theverge.com…
  • @carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on x
    It's illegal for an employer to ban employees from sharing salary information with each other. Sharing spreadsheets of salary information is a great way for employees to validate they are being paid fairly across demographics and experience levels. https://www.theverge.com/...
  • @cherthedev Cher Scarlett on x
    Just as I thought, it's our right to gather this data amongst ourselves, and Apple stopping it is illegal. https://twitter.com/...
  • @minhtngo Minh Ngo on x
    What Tim Cook says: “Issues of human dignity will not abide standing on the sidelines.” What Tim Cook does: bans surveys that include diversity data. https://www.theverge.com/... via @Verge
  • @rachaelmyrow Rachael Myrow on x
    “I don't think anyone is saying there for sure is a #wagegap, whether that's gender or race or disability. But every time someone tries to [do a survey], @Apple shuts it down...like maybe there is a problem, and they're aware of it.” https://www.theverge.com/... via @ZoeSchiffer …