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Apple staff make bid for first union at a US store

Apple's Grand Central Station store staff in NYC have announced a plan to start a union.

We start the programme with news that workers at Apple's Grand Central Station store in New York have announced a plan to start a union. If the bid is successful it would be the first union at one of the tech giant's US stores and follows moves by both Starbucks and Amazon employees to unionise. We spoke to Anna Kramer, a workplace, tech labour, and tech culture reporter at news site Protocol about where this could go.

Next - China has announced its latest economic growth figures. The National Bureau of Statistics said there was four-point-eight percent growth in the first 3 months of this year. James Meygar is the China Economy editor for Bloomberg News in Beijing and he spoke to our colleague Ed Butler. Also, The Financial Times newspaper is reporting today that record numbers of citizens have been enquiring about leaving China for good. The 大象传媒's Ed Butler asked the FT's China economics reporter, Sun Yu, for more details.

We then move on to discuss what sort of impact the China GDP figures have on the market with Peter Jankovskis of Arbor Financial Services in Illinois.

Then we look into NBA super-team the Golden State Warriors launching a new entertainment division. Jabari Young, a CNBC Sports reporter talks us through why are they doing this and what it means for the sport.

Lastly, The 大象传媒's Elizabeth Hotson looks into how Covid-19 has changed the way we work - and the rise of the virtual interview.

Presenter: Sasha Twining | Producer: Gabriele Shaw

(PICTURE CREDIT: GETTY)

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Mon 18 Apr 2022 21:32GMT

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  • Mon 18 Apr 2022 21:32GMT