Protestors Forced Apple To Shut Down Its Flagship San Francisco Store
Protestors with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) staged a sit-in for nearly an hour, according to SEIU organizer Jacob Hay.
The SEIU alleges that companies like Apple contract with firms that underpay service employees like security guards.
Hay told Business Insider that these firms also hire employees for part-time jobs to avoid paying them benefits.
"We will not be intimidated," said one protester.
"Officers have no job protection," said another protester who claimed to be an Apple security guard. "If they miss a day of work, they don't know if they'll have the job the next day."
Hay said he was surprised protesters were able to sit inside the Apple Store for nearly and hour.
Here are protesters inside the store:
Some protesters were arrested during the sit-in:
Despite the arrests, protesters successfully shut down the Apple store indefinitely, leaving retail employees standing awkwardly inside with nothing to do.
