The union representing staff at Apple Towson Town Center has announced a public rally for May 27, 2026, protesting against Apple's treatment of its workers.

Apple Towson is not the only store that Apple has decided to close, but it is the only unionized one. It was the first Apple Store to unionize, and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Union claims that its members are being discriminated against because of this.

Known as the Machinists' Union for short, it has now announced a public protest.

"[Elected] officials, "labor allies, and community leaders will hold a #DoRightApple public solidarity rally on Wednesday, May 27," says the union, "to demand accountability from Apple and support for the nearly 90 IAM Local 4538 members facing job loss."

Apple has said that it is closing this store, and two others in June 2026, because of changes in the shopping malls where they are based.

"Following the departure of several retailers and declining conditions at Trumbull Mall, the Shops at North County, and Towson Town Center," said Apple when the closures were announced, "we've made the difficult decision to close our stores at these locations."

Local council members have objected to Apple's decision to close the store. But the Machinists' Union is calling out Apple over how it is treating its members differently from staff in the non-unionized stores.

Specifically, Apple has said that staff from those stores can continue in their jobs at other Apple Store locations. For the Towson store, it says those staff are "eligible to apply for open roles at Apple in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement."

That agreement is the one established between Apple and the union. However, the Machinists' Union claims that there is no clause in it which would prohibit Apple from relocating its staff.

The Machinists' Union has previously filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge against Apple with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The NLRB has previously been successful in accusing Apple of illegal union-busting activities.

This public protest rally on May 27 will start at 11 a.m. Eastern at Patriot Plaza, 400 E. Washington Ave., Towson, Md., just over half a mile away from the store. It will be streamed live on the Machinists' Union's Facebook page.