Protestors Forced Apple To Shut Down Its Flagship San Francisco Store

A group of around 50 protestors representing service employees they allege are underpaid successfully shut down Apple's flagship San Francisco store this afternoon.

Protestors with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) staged a sit-in for nearly an hour, according to SEIU organizer Jacob Hay.

The SEIU alleges that companies like Apple contract with firms that underpay service employees like security guards.

Hay told Business Insider that these firms also hire employees for part-time jobs to avoid paying them benefits.

"We will not be intimidated," said one protester.

"Officers have no job protection," said another protester who claimed to be an Apple security guard. "If they miss a day of work, they don't know if they'll have the job the next day."

Hay said he was surprised protesters were able to sit inside the Apple Store for nearly and hour.

Here are protesters inside the store:

A sit-in is underway at the San Francisco Apple Store protesting the working conditions of security officers pic.twitter.com/SdBpX2AcLt

- Julia Carrie Wong (@juliacarriew) August 28, 2014

Some protesters were arrested during the sit-in:

I believe 12 protesters were taken away by SFPD for failing to follow police order. #techcandobetter pic.twitter.com/OVmwcYsFYf

- Julia Carrie Wong (@juliacarriew) August 28, 2014

Despite the arrests, protesters successfully shut down the Apple store indefinitely, leaving retail employees standing awkwardly inside with nothing to do.