Apple workers in France call strike ahead of iPhone 15 launch

Unions at Apple’s stores in France have called for a strike on Friday and Saturday, when the iPhone 15 is due to be launched, demanding better pay and working conditions.

Apple unions including CGT, Unsa, CFDT and Cidre-CFTC have asked for a 7 per cent wage increase to compensate for inflation, and an end to a months-long hiring freeze. Management did not want to offer more than a 4.5 per cent hike, union officials said.

Apple France did not return a request for comment.

“Management having decided to ignore our perfectly legitimate demands and concerns, the four unions of Apple Retail France …call for a strike on Sept. 22 and 23,” CGT Apple Retail said in a statement on social media platform X, formerly Twitter, on Wednesday.