Apple Store Showdown: Inside the Battle for Union Representation

Apple has hired Littler Mendelson, an employment law firm, to blunt the labor push. It also has furnished store managers with talking points, including that unionizing could result in fewer promotions and inflexible hours, which was reported earlier by

. And last week, its leaders urged employees not to unionize and said they would increase wages to $22 an hour from $20.

“I worry about what it would mean to put another organization in…