It’s hard to see this more as a cynical negotiation tactic where it’s inevitability going to be framed as “here’s what you have to lose if you continue to unionize”

This is how it's supposed to be done: Private companies deciding what to pay their workers. I applaud Apple in this decision.

I wonder what the minimum wage is for their Chinese child labor force?

I emailed Tim Cook about that and got a lengthy printed response a few months back. Paraphrasing; ‘they do care and they’re working on it’.

Proud to be an Apple customer and fortunate to have the privilege.