Interviews & Reporting - Ashley v Apple

OP-EDS

• ​I was fired from Apple after making several labor complaints against the company. Speaking out feels like going up against a powerful government, Business Insider, Sept 16 2021 [link] (No paywall link: My Business Insider Op-Ed)

SELECTED COVERAGE

• ​The New York Times,"Quotation of the Day: Virus Surge Complicates Return-to-Office Plans," July 24, 2021 ​[Access: here]
• The Verge: ​"Apple places female engineering program manager on administrative leave after tweeting about sexism in the office," August 4, 2021 [Access: here]
• The Telegraph: "A senior Apple engineer has claimed she has been placed on administrative leave after raising concerns about sexism and health and safety," August 5, 2021 [Access: here]
• Business Insider: "An Apple engineer on leave after publicly alleging sexism says co-workers kept a scoreboard to make her quit," Aug 17, 2021 [Access: here]  
• The Verge: "Apple Cares About Privacy, Unless You Work at Apple," Aug 30, 2021 [View: Here] 
• Financial Times: "US labour board examines retaliation claims against Apple: Senior engineering program manager’s allegations include workplace harassment and job reassignment," Sept 2 2021 [link]
• Reuters: "U.S. labor agency probes two complaints from Apple workers​," Sept 2 2021 [link]
• Bloomberg: "National Labor Relations Board Fields Complaints About Apple," Sept 2 2021 [link]
• BBC: "Apple employees make US labour watchdog complaints," Sep 3, 2021 [View: here]
• The Hill: "Apple employees allege harassment, retaliation: Two separate claims were filed with the U.S. National Labor Relations Board regarding the tech company’s employee treatment," Sep 3, 2021 [View: here]
• The Verge: "How Slack changed Apple employee culture," Sept 7 2021 [link]
• Gizmodo: "Apple Fires Program Manager Who Accused Bosses of Harassment, Intimidation," Sept 9 2021 [link]
• Apple Insider: "Apple fires employee who spoke out on workplace issues, cites alleged leak," Sept 9 2021 [link]
• Bloomberg: "Apple Fires Manager Who Complained; She Gains Right to Sue," Sept 9 2021 [link]
• Business Insider: "Program manager fired by Apple allegedly over workplace complaints receives right to sue from federal agency," Sept 10 2021 [link]
• Telegraph: "Apple fires whistleblower who complained about workplace sexism," Sept 10 2021 [link]
• Business Insider: "Apple hit by another NLRB charge for firing senior manager who complained of harassment," Sept 16 2021 [link]
• Fudzilla: "Apple faces another charge of employee hassling," 17 Sept 2021 [link]
• Apple Insider: "Apple faces labor relations charge, OSHA investigation over fired employee," Sep 17 2021 [link]
• The New York Times: "Tim Cook Faces Surprising Employee Unrest at Apple. Hundreds of current and former Apple workers are complaining about their work environment, a rarity for the once tight-lipped company," Sept 17 2021 [link]
• Justia: "Former Apple Employee Alleges Workplace Violations and Wrongful Termination," Sept 20 2021 [here]
• Protocol: "Worker surveillance is making employees miserable. What to consider before implementing monitoring tools," Sept 20 2021 [here]​
• The Verge: "Apple's fortress of secrecy is crumbling from the inside," Sept 30 2021 [link]
• Bloomberg: "Apple CEO’s Anti-Leak Edict Broke Law, Ex-Employee Alleges," Oct 12 2021 [link]
• Business Insider: "Former Apple employee alleges a Tim Cook email saying leakers 'do not belong' at the company violates worker-protection laws," Oct 12 2021 [link]
• Gizmodo: "Apple Wanted Her Fired. It Settled on an Absurd Excuse," Oct 14 2021 [link]
• Financial Times: "Apple fights shareholder call for more transparency on forced labour," Oct 27 2021 [link]
• Slate: "How Leakers Get Dealt With in Silicon Valley," Oct 27 2021 [link]
• The New York Times: "Another Apple Worker Says the Company Retaliated Against Her," Nov 2 2021 [link]
• Apple Insider: "Apple says workers have right to discuss pay, but scrutiny of employee policy intensifies," Nov 19 2021 [link]
• Slate: "In the Summer, Three Workplace Activists Were Making Waves at Apple. All Three Are Now Gone." Nov 24 2021 [link]
• Financial Times: "Apple faces probe over whether it retaliated against whistleblower," Dec 13 2021 [link]
• The New York Times: "The Labor Department is investigating Apple’s treatment of employees." Dec 13 2021 [link]
• CNN, "Apple faces Labor Department investigation as tensions with employees escalate," Dec 14 2021 [link]
• Index on Censorship: “Apple poisoned me: physically, mentally, spiritually.” Dec 15 2021 [link]
• Whistleblower Network News, "U.S. Department of Labor Investigating Apple Whistleblower’s Allegations," Dec 16 2021 [link]
• Truthout: "Apple Employee Blows Whistle on Illegal Spying and Toxic Working Conditions." Dec 19 2021 [link]
• The Mac Observer: SEC allows AAPL Shareholders to Push For Details on Apple NDAs," Dec 23 2021 [link]
• Futurism, "Apple Employees are Unionizing and They're suing Android Phones to Keep Apple from Spying on Them," Feb 20 2022 [link]
• Telegraph: "Apple whistleblower brings spying claims to UK," April 10 2022 [link]
• City AM: "Apple under spotlight amid spying claims," April 10 2022 [link] 
• TechCrunch: "Ex-Apple employee takes Face ID privacy complaint to Europe," April 11 2022 [link]

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Full Coverage

FULL COVERAGE

• ​See full August through Septembmer 2021 press coverage in the chronological timeline here: Archive of Apple Posts​

Who Broke What

My first public statement about Apple

• July 23, 2021, The New York Times, Jack Nicas
• ​[link here] “Delays, More Masks and Mandatory Shots: Virus Surge Disrupts Office-Return Plans” 
• July 24, 2021, "Quotation of the Day: Virus Surge Complicates Return-to-Office Plans" 

Apple putting me on indefinite paid admin leave 

• August 4, 2021, The Verge, Zoe Schiffer
• [link here] "Apple places female engineering program manager on administrative leave after tweeting about sexism in the office" 

My concerns about Apple employee’s lack of privacy 

• Aug 30, 2021, The Verge, Zoe Schiffer
• [link] ​ "Apple Cares About Privacy, Unless You Work at Apple" 

My NLRB charge for retaliation

• Sept 2 2021, Reuters, Julia Love
• [link] "U.S. labor agency probes two complaints from Apple workers"

My Superfund Apple office 

• Sept 2 2021, Financial Times, Patrick McGee
• [link] "US labor board examines retaliation claims against Apple: Senior engineering program manager’s allegations include workplace harassment and job reassignment" 

Apple firing me 

• Sept 9 2021, Gizmodo, Dell Cameron
• [link] "Apple Fires Program Manager Who Accused Bosses of Harassment, Intimidation"
• "Breaking" tweet here

Received EEOC Right to Sue letter 

• Sept 9 2021, Bloomberg, Vlad Savov & Josh Eidelson
• [link] "Apple Fires Manager Who Complained; She Gains Right to Sue" 

Filed my 2nd NLRB charge, this time for my termination 

• Sept 16 2021, Business Insider, Kali Hays
• [link] "Apple hit by another NLRB charge for firing senior manager who complained of harassment" 

My concerns about Apple’s surveillance of employees

• Sept 20 2021, Protocol. Sarah Roach
• [link]​ "Worker surveillance is making employees miserable. What to consider before implementing monitoring tools" 

My 3rd & 4th NLRB charges 

• Oct 12 2021, Bloomberg, Josh Eidelson
• [link] "Apple CEO’s Anti-Leak Edict Broke Law, Ex-Employee Alleges" 

Apple’s post-termination, pre-textual harassment 

• Oct 14 2021, Gizmodo, Dell Cameron
• [link] "Apple Wanted Her Fired. It Settled on an Absurd Excuse" 

My SEC filing in response to Apple’s response to Nia Impact Capital's shareholder resolution

• Nov 19 2021, Apple Insider, Mikey Campbell
• [link] "Apple says workers have right to discuss pay, but scrutiny of employee policy intensifies" 

US DOL opens whistleblower retaliation investigation; my SEC filing about Ronald Sugar

• Dec 13 2021, Financial Times, Patrick McGee & Patrick Temple-West
• [link] "Apple faces probe over whether it retaliated against whistleblower" 

My 2020 Superfund apartment 

• Dec 15 2021, ​Index on Censorship, Martin Bright
• [link] “Apple poisoned me: physically, mentally, spiritually”

My NLRB surveillance memo 

• Dec 19 2021, Truthout, Sam Knight 
•  [link] "Apple Employee Blows Whistle on Illegal Spying and Toxic Working Conditions" 

My privacy complaints to UK ICO & French CNIL 

• April 10 2022, Telegraph, Lucy Burton 
• [link] "Apple whistleblower brings spying claims to UK"