Maryland
Apple Store employees in Maryland, US, may see its first-ever strike, here are the demands – Times of India
This is a significant development in the growing movement to unionize retail and tech workers across the United States.The Towson store voted to unionize in June 2022, and according to CORE, negotiations with Apple management haven’t produced satisfactory results after “over a year.”
While a strike date hasn’t been announced, the authorization vote empowers workers to walk off the job if an agreement isn’t reached. The core issues remain unclear, but the union likely seeks improvements in areas like wages, benefits, or scheduling.
Apple, in a statement, maintained they “deeply value our team members” and offer “industry leading compensation and exceptional benefits.” They also committed to “respectful and good faith” engagement with the union.
The Towson vote comes amid a busy weekend for Apple store unionization efforts. Another store vote resulted in rejecting unionization, highlighting the mixed bag of outcomes in the ongoing movement.
Maryland schools made nation-leading strides in their recovery from students’ learning loss in the pandemic, data show.
Maryland schools made nation-leading strides in their recovery from students’ learning loss in the pandemic, according to new data.
They ranked third in the nation in their students’ reading recovery rates, and were fifth in math recovery, according to the 2025 Education Scorecard from Harvard and Stanford Universities and Dartmouth College.
D.C. led the U.S. in math and reading recovery.
The data was presented at the Maryland State Board of Education meeting Thursday.
Trish Brennan-Gac, executive director of literacy nonprofit Maryland READS, said the state board is correct to celebrate gains in reading, but proficiency is “nowhere near where we need to be.”
“It is not that we are No. 3-ranked in reading proficiency,” she told WTOP. “It’s a rate of change, and we are making a faster rate of change,” than most school districts nationally.
Brennan-Gac was at the meeting to ask that the state board consider ways to reduce the use of technology in classroom instruction and support a return to print and textbooks in schools.
“This is no longer a fringe concern. It is a growing movement, and it’s not about social media and phones,” she told the board.
Brennan-Gac said the board and Maryland schools superintendent Carey Wright can take a “visible meaningful leadership role.”
“You can develop transition guidance and funding pathways for districts that are ready to move now, and send a clear signal to the field that Maryland prioritizes developmentally appropriate instruction aligned to brain research that shows how books, not tech-based platforms, are effective in wiring kids’ brains for reading,” she said.
The Maryland State Department of Education has issued guidance to school districts on the use of cellphones in schools, and this year issued guidance on the use of artificial intelligence. In both instances, the state has made clear that it leaves implementation of policies to individual school districts.
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