Apple workers in Atlanta drop union vote request, citing intimidation tactics

A labor group organizing Apple retail staff at an Atlanta location has withdrawn their request for an election, alleging that Apple has carried out illegal union-busting tactics.Apple Cumberland MallThe Communications Workers of America, which has been organizing staff at the Cumberland Mall Apple Store, says it withdrew its request because 'Apple's repeated violations of the National Labor Relations Act have made a free and fair election impossible,' Bloomberg reported Friday. Read more...