Janneke Parrish

Janneke Parrish (born ) is a Dutch-American workers' rights activist. She organized workers at Apple Inc. as part of the AppleToo and is one of the founders of Apple Together, a Solidarity unionism within Apple Inc., to which she continues to be an advisor. Apple fired Parrish on October 14, 2021.. She has since filed complaints against Apple with the National Labor Relations Board.
In 2021, Parrish published the #AppleToo Digests on Medium (website), a series of weekly (and eventually daily) posts sharing Apple workers' stories of their experiences at Apple. These stories evolved into Apple Together, a solidarity union within Apple. These stories also spawned similar movements, such as #GEToo and served as a source of information for future shareholder action within Apple. After her firing, Parrish continued to be involved in Apple Together through organizing collective actions and advising current leaders. 
Parrish is also an outspoken advocate for abortion rights.
== Early Life and Education ==
Parrish was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. She grew up speaking both Dutch and English, and speaks both languages fluently. Parrish later moved to North Carolina, where she attended the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. She then went on to attend North Carolina State University, where she received a BA in Philosophy, a BA in Religious Studies, and a minor in Middle East Studies. She also holds an MSc in Human Rights and International Politics from the University of Glasgow. Parrish moved to Round Rock, Texas in 2015. Parrish is currently pursuing a law degree from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam.
== 2021 City Council Run ==
In January 2021, Parrish announced her run for place 3 of the Round Rock City Council. Parrish was endorsed by the progressive organization Run for Something. She lost this election to incumbent, Matt Baker
== #AppleToo and Apple Together ==
Parrish began working at Apple as a contractor on the Apple Maps POI team in 2015. She got hired on as a full-time Apple employee in 2016. Parrish states that she witnessed discrimination while working at Apple, and was retaliated against for reporting it. However, she also believed the issues were limited to her department. It wasn't until the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of remote work that Parrish learned that her experiences of discrimination and retaliation were not unique to her department. Parrish initially advocated for remote work as a solution to these issues, but expanded into more generally issues of pay inequity and discrimination. Parrish worked with Cher Scarlett and other employee activists to collect stories from Apple employees about their experiences with discrimination, calling this the #AppleToo Movement. Parrish published many of these stories in a series of Medium posts called the "#AppleToo Digests."
In addition to the #AppleToo digests, Parrish and other organizers rallied around other workplace issues, such as remote work and pay equity. Parrish was one of the authors of the #AppleToo Open Letter, a letter sent to Tim Cook and Apple leadership asking for changes to address what had been reported in the #AppleToo digests. In the wake of Texas' passage of SB8, Parrish also wrote and distributed an open letter to Apple employees, asking Apple to ensure abortion access for its workers, and to consider speaking out against the law on behalf of its Texan employees. 
Apple placed Parrish under investigation under suspicion of leaking the contents of an employee townhall to the press on October 1, 2021. It then suspended, and ultimately fired her on October 14, 2021. Her firing generated international news coverage of #AppleToo and employee activism at Apple. Parrish filed an unfair labor practice charge against Apple, alleging that her firing was in response to her organising.
Parrish continues to be involved with Apple Together.
Category:Workers' rights activists
Category:People from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania