CREDIT: AP In front of Apple stores nationwide Friday, tech company employees gathered to protest alongside hundreds of eager customers waiting in line to buy the iPhone 6. But the protesters weren’t disgruntled Apple engineers or developers; they were security officers, maintenance and custodial staff demanding better wages from tech companies.
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