The starting pay for hourly workers in the United States
will rise to $22, or higher based upon the market, a 45 percent jump from 2018
levels, Apple said in a statement to Reuters.
"This year as part of our annual performance review process,
we're increasing our overall compensation budget," a company spokesperson
said.
Apple has informed some workers their annual reviews would
be advanced by three months and the new pay will take effect in early July, the
Wall Street Journal, which first the changes in compensation, said.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is known for its reticent
culture, but last year some current and former workers began criticising the
company's working conditions online.
In April, workers at Apple's Atlanta store filed a petition
to hold a union election, seeking to become the company's first US store to
unionise amid a wave of labour activity at other major firms
In early May as well, a group of employees at an Apple store
in Maryland started a drive to form a union, the Washington Post reported.
Organisers at the Towson Mall store near Baltimore said they
had signatures from more than 65 percent of employees who are likely to be
eligible, according to the report.
The union intends to file paperwork with the National Labour
Relations Board in the coming days, the Washington Post said.
Apple did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
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