US labor board drops allegation that Apple's CEO violated employees' rights

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has withdrawn "many of the claims" it made against Apple in relation to cases brought in 2021 by former employees. Specifically, the NLRB has dismissed an allegation that Apple CEO Tim Cook violated workers' rights when he sent an all-staff email saying that "people who leak confidential information do not belong" in the company. The NLRB has also withdrawn its allegation that the firing of activist Janneke Parrish, one of the leaders of the #AppleToo movement, broke the law. Additionally, the labor board is dismissing its previous allegations that Apple broke the law by imposing confidentiality rules and surveilling workers or making them think they were under surveillance. However, not all of the allegations have been withdrawn. Apple settled a separate case with former employee Ashley Gjøvik, which required the company to revise rules around employee agreements and discussions of company information to clarify "that employees can talk about their pay, working conditions, and union organizing without retaliation," and speak to the press, among other things.