Workers on the first US Apple Store to file for a union election will resolve whether or not to unionize subsequent month. According to an settlement obtained by , staff at Apple’s Cumberland Mall retail location in Atlanta will start voting on June 2nd, with the poll field open till June 4th. All roughly 100 common full- and part-time employees on the retailer will be capable of take part within the election.

Citing “a source familiar with the situation,” The Verge studies Apple wished the vote held in July. That was a transfer the Communications Workers of America (CWA), the union that seeks to signify the staff on the Cumberland Mall location, reportedly opposed on account the later date would have afforded Apple extra time to try to dissuade staff from unionizing. We’ve reached out to Apple for remark.

Apple hasn’t explicitly come out towards its frontline staff organizing, however these concerned within the union drive on the firm’s location in New York have accused Apple of using “union-busting” techniques, together with messaging that has tried to persuade staff that unionization isn’t of their finest pursuits.

“We are fortunate to have incredible retail team members and we deeply value everything they bring to Apple,” the corporate mentioned when information of the Grand Central Terminal drive first broke. “We are pleased to offer very strong compensation and benefits for full time and part time employees, including health care, tuition reimbursement, new parental leave, paid family leave, annual stock grants and many other benefits.”

Among different concessions, staff on the Cumberland Mall location hope to push Apple to compensate them higher, provide extra alternatives for profession development and construct a safer office. “One of the biggest things that we’re fighting for is going to be for fair pay and a livable wage, because with Atlanta being such a huge city, it’s just getting more and more expensive to live here,” Elli Daniels, an worker on the retailer, . “Everybody deserves the opportunity to be able to not worry about whether they can afford food or pay their bills. Everybody deserves to be able to afford to live in the city that they work in.”

Like the latest vote at Amazon’s warehouse in Staten Island, the Cumberland Mall election may have historic ramifications. If staff vote in favor of organizing with the CWA, it could turn into the primary unionized Apple Store within the US. That’s an end result that would encourage Apple staff at different retail places.