As Apple Inc investors met for the company's February 27 annual meeting, Security officers from Silicon Valley gathered to demand their right to form a union. The officers drew international attention to their work to restore a pathway into the middle class for hard working people in an area that has one of the highest costs of living in the land.

A group of around fifty officers with a message "no bad apple contractors" explained to investors as they entered the meeting, why the contractors used by companies like Apple are holding hard working families back. Across California's prosperous Silicon Valley security officers are joining together to lift standards in their industry and give their families a better life. They want to form a union, and they want to do it without being harassed by their employer. Security officers at Apple's contractor Security Industry Specialists interviewed by SEIU claim they work part-time, lack quality healthcare, and are paid wages far too low to keep up with the cost of living in Silicon Valley. The workers claim their hours change constantly, making family life difficult. Apple's CEO Tim Cook reportedly said that he was "happy to look into" the officers' concerns. Our country's economic revival depends on companies like Apple and Security Industry Specialists doing their share to create good jobs that families can live on.