A group of Apple employees in Maryland launched a union drive Tuesday, becoming the third store to make a run at organizing the world’s most valuable company. Organizers at the Towson Mall store near Baltimore say they have been drumming up support for nearly a year in coordination with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, two employees and a union organizer said. They say they have signatures from more than 65 percent of employees who are likely to be eligible, giving them a “supermajority” that would be difficult for the company to overcome.
EAGB head Michele Whelley to revive consulting company after departure
Michele Whelley is leaving her post as CEO of the Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore on Friday as the economic development organization moves toward a merger with the Greater Baltimore Committee. Whelley will revive M.L. Whelley Consulting LLC, the economic development consulting firm she ran before she took over at the EAGB three years ago. “My time heading EAGB has been one of the most rewarding chapters of my economic development career,” Whelley said, in announcing her departure on Tuesday.