Apple will replace contract security guards with full-time employees in Silicon Valley<article>
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Apple will replace a number of contract security positions with direct hires for its Silicon Valley operations, amid widespread demands from contract workers like drivers and security guards for better working conditions at tech companies.</p><p>
The move by Apple comes in the wake of growing concerns about inequality in Silicon Valley, arising largely from the gentrification and high-costs in the area driven by the influx of hi-tech employees.</p><p>
In October, Google said it would employ on its payroll security guards, rather than have them placed by a contractor, shortly after a report in August by community labor organization Working Partnerships USA that highlighted the poor working conditions of janitors, security guards and other contract staff, supplied by third-party companies, that are used extensively by tech companies in the valley.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2892712/apple-like-google-to-hire-fulltime-security-guards-in-silicon-valley.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Apple will replace contract security guards with full-time employees in Silicon Valley
