Apple ready to bargain with its first U.S. store to unionize

Apple Inc accepts the outcome of a vote taken by Maryland employees to be the initial U.S. employees to join an union.

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Apple is willing to negotiate with them, a source knowledgeable about the matter said to Reuters the news agency on Friday.

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It is Apple's first the 270 U.S. outlets to do it.

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The vote was successful following a vote that was scheduled for Georgia was canceled earlier in the year.

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Apple will participate in negotiations within "good faith," the person with knowledge of the situation stated.

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The Maryland employees decided to become members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers.

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