Anti-leak email: US labor market supervision withdraws allegations against Apple

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which in the United States responsible for compensation for interests between companies and employees, has withdrawn a procedure against Apple and its CEO Tim Cook. The question was whether an email that the CEO sent to the entire workforce in September 2021 could have affected employee rights. The letter dealt with the many leaks that are always available to Apple products. Among other things, he wrote that people who have forwarded information from a secret meeting to third parties are not part of Apple. “People who emphasize confidential information are not part of us here.”

“Many” allegations withdrawn

In 2023, the NLRB initially decided that the email was illegal-and orders that apply to Apple to deal with secret information. The rules for dealing with information leaked by Apple to deal with the employee impaired, restricted them or exerted compulsion in terms of exercising their rights under the US Act National Labor Relations Act. The same applies to statements “high-ranking managers”, which meant the cooking email.

Apple then had to agree with the NLRB, which, however, has little sanctions. However, Apple decided to contest the decision. This was now successful – after three years. According to a letter that is available to the Bloomberg financial news agency, the NLRB pulls “many” of his allegations towards Apple back. Cook did not violate employee rights with his email. Other allegations that the NLRB decreased concerned alleged surveillance measures to employees and the discharge of an employee who was part of the so-called #Appletoo campaign against racism and sexism.

Changes in the NLRB leadership

The NLRB was led by Jennifer Abruzzo under US President Joe Biden, who had extended the measures of the authority. In January it was exchanged for a new boss by the new US President Donald Trump who has already had various procedures hired. In some cases, however, older procedures are continued.

Interestingly, it was in Cooks email-of course also publicly was not-not to meet leakes for Apple products, but about questions of salaries, home office use and the covid vaccination.