Apple worker organizing took one other step this morning with the launch of an internet site referred to as AppleToo. The objective is to gather tales from employees in any respect ranges of the group who’ve skilled harassment or discrimination.

“For too long, Apple has evaded public scrutiny,” the web site reads. “The truth is that for many Apple workers … the culture of secrecy creates an opaque, intimidating fortress. When we press for accountability and redress to the persistent injustices we witness or experience in our workplace, we are faced with a pattern of isolation, degradation, and gaslighting. No more. We’ve exhausted all internal avenues. We’ve talked with our leadership. We’ve gone to the People team. We’ve escalated through Business Conduct. Nothing has changed. It’s time to Think Different.”

Only about 15 present and former Apple staff had been straight concerned within the organizing effort. This morning, the organizers launched the web site and Twitter account and despatched the information out on a 200-person Discord server for Apple staff and contractors.

The effort has already gained assist from organizers like Timnit Gebru, who labored at Apple previous to becoming a member of Google in 2018. After Gebru was abruptly fired from Google in December 2020, she went public about her experiences with racism and discrimination on the firm. But she hasn’t spoken fairly so publicly about her time at Apple. Now, she tells The Verge, “I experienced so many egregious things when I was at Apple, and always wondered how they manage to get out of the spotlight. I’m happy to see that Apple workers are organizing. It is past time for Apple to be held accountable.”

Cher Scarlett, an Apple engineer and activist who’s concerned within the organizing effort, posted the web site in two inside Slack channels — #allies4change and #women-in-swe — this morning.

Since launch, eight Apple staff have shared their tales by means of the AppleToo web site.