The Apple store in Towson, Maryland, the first of the tech giant’s U.S. shops to unionize, is due to close in June.
Apple told The Baltimore Sun on Thursday that the Towson store, along with ones in Trumbull, Connecticut, and Escondido, California, will close on June 11.
“As we continue investing to expand and enhance our retail stores and offerings worldwide, we remain deliberate about evaluating our existing locations to ensure that we can meet our customers’ needs in the best way. Following the departure of several retailers and declining conditions … we’ve made the difficult decision to close our stores at these locations,” Apple told The Sun.
The Towson Apple store employs about 90, according to The Baltimore Banner.
Those workers organized into the Coalition of Organized Retail Employees union under the umbrella of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) in 2022 and reached a three-year collective bargaining agreement with Apple in 2024.
The only other unionized Apple store is located in Oklahoma City, according to Bloomberg. That store remains open for business.
The Towson employees can only reapply for whatever Apple jobs are available, according to Bloomberg.
The IAM union said it will try to fight Apple’s closure of the Towson location.
“The IAM Union is outraged by Apple’s decision. … Apple’s claim that the collective bargaining agreement prevents relocation is simply false and raises serious concerns that this closure is a cynical attempt to bust the union. We are exploring all legal options and will work with elected officials and allies to hold Apple accountable,” the union said in a statement.
