As rain pummeled the Bay Area, a group of protesters stormed Apple’s campus Thursday, calling for the tech giant to help the service workers who keep its campus humming make a better living.
Rallied by United Service Workers West and the Rev. Jesse Jackson, more than 100 people gathered at Apple’s Cupertino headquarters to draw attention to the valley’s broad use of contract workers, who carry out many tasks on corporate campuses but often make a fraction of what tech workers do. During a brief but lively demonstration, protesters dressed in plastic purple ponchos milled outside in the rain, breaking out frequently into call-and-response chants.