0044.json

{
    "id": 41,
    "date": "2014/09/19",
    "sources": [
        "https://thinkprogress.org/silicon-valley-workers-protest-for-fair-wages-at-apple-stores-during-iphone-6-launch-860a32a25b98/"
    ],
    "actions": [
        "protest"
    ],
    "struggles": [
        "pay and benefits"
    ],
    "employment_types": [
        "contract workers",
        "blue collar workers"
    ],
    "description": "In front of Apple stores nationwide, tech companies employees gathered to protest alongside hundreds of eager customers waiting in line to buy the iPhone 6. The protesters weren't disgruntled Apple engineers or developers; they were security officers, maintenance and custodial staff demanding better wages from tech companies.",
    "online": null,
    "locations": [
        "usa"
    ],
    "companies": [
        "apple"
    ],
    "workers": null,
    "tags": [
        "seiu"
    ],
    "author": [
        "organizejs"
    ],
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    ],
    "addresses": [
        "Apple Store, 815, Boylston Street, Block F, Back Bay, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02116, United States of America"
    ]
}