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RESIDENTS AND ADVOCATES TO RALLY AT SANTA CLARA CITY HALL OVER APPLE’S SECRET CHIP FAB NEXT TO HOMES, PARKS, AND A CHILDREN’S SCHOOLPress conference precedes City Council meeting; follows amended federal lawsuit seeking to shut down hazardous semiconductor plant at 3250 Scott Blvd, Santa Clara, California.SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Community members, labor advocates, and environmental…
Today, June 24, 2026, the federal district court in Gjovik v. Apple Inc., No. 3:23-cv-04597, denied my Motion for Summary Judgement against Apple, and granted Apple's cross-motion for Summary Judgment. The court's order rests on findings that the record in this case — including Apple's own sworn corporate testimony, Apple's own filings, depositions of Apple's witnesses, and Apple's own…
On April 27, 2026, I filed a Motion for Preliminary Injunction in Gjovik v. Apple Inc., City of Santa Clara, Jenab et al., Case No. 25-cv-07360-PCP, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The hearing is set for June 4, 2026 at 10:00 AM, before Judge P. Casey Pitts in Courtroom 8 — 4th Floor, 280 South 1st Street, San Jose, CA. The hearing is open to the…
On April 24, 2026, I filed my Motion for Summary Judgment and Preliminary Injunction in Gjovik v. Apple Inc., Case No. 3:23-cv-04597-EMC, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The hearing is set for June 11, 2026 at 1:30 PM before the Honorable Edward M. Chen in Courtroom 5, 17th Floor of the San Francisco Courthouse. The hearing is open to the public — come…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 31, 2026Contact:Ashley Gjovik | (415) 964-6272 | ashleymgjovik@protonmail.comLaborMedia | lvpsf@igc.orgWORKERS, LABOR GROUPS TO RALLY AT SAN FRANCISCO FEDERAL COURTHOUSE OVER COURT-ORDERED GAG ON EMPLOYEE SPEECH ABOUT HER OWN BODYFederal judge ordered fired Apple worker to delete public speech about workplace conditions, NLRB charges, and employee grievances — and…
Today I filed a written statement with exhibits as part of the Boston City Council Committee on Education's hearing to examine administrative transparency, student representation, and student rights at Northeastern University and other private higher education institutions in the City of Boston.See, Docket #0587, "Order for a hearing to review administrative transparency, equitable student…
Apple filed an emergency letter with a federal court demanding sanctions, contempt, a restraining order on my speech, and deletion of my blog post and social media posts about my NLRB charges. They wanted an unrecorded phone call within 24 hours to make it happen. No motions, no evidence, no briefing, no court reporter, and no public visibility to what happens. Apple wanted my coworkers to know…
On February 16, 2026, I filed a new unfair labor practice charge against Apple Inc. with NLRB. The charge contains ten counts alleging violations of Sections 8(a)(1) and 8(a)(4) of the National Labor Relations Act. The accompanying cover letter, complete with deposition transcript excerpts, paints a picture so extraordinary that it warrants serious attention from labor law practitioners,…
Read the full petition here: Petition to put South Bay on the NPL (Feb. 13 2026).For those of you following my work, this is going to be a surprise. I've been dealing with a second environmental disaster — this one in Boston — while simultaneously litigating against Apple and navigating bankruptcy. I didn't talk about it publicly because I needed to be sure of what I was looking at…
On January 13 2026, a Case Management conference was held and the Court granted my request for a Summary Judgement schedule. At the prior hearing last year, the Judge said he wanted it to be a dual Summary Judgement requiring Apple to file any Summary Judgement motion they may have too.(Summary Judgement is where the Court will rule on substantive issues in the case, or even the whole case, prior…
On Dec. 11 2025, I filed a sixty-day notice of an incoming Clean Water Act Citizen Suit, as required by Section 505(b) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1365(b). This notice communicates my intent to file a citizen enforcement action for ongoing violations of Clean Water Act Sections 404, 401, and 1311 at the Saratoga Creek system and adjacent wetlands in Santa Clara, California.Between…
The US EPA announced a finalized federal enforcement action (including a $261,283 fine & federal consent agreement) against Apple Inc over this unpermitted semiconductor manufacturing facility, next to thousands of homes and a playground, in Santa Clara, California. The US EPA has now published the legal documents and the case docket for their RCRA ("Resource Conservation and Recovery Act" federal…
On September 2 2025, I filed an environmental Citizen Suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The defendants are Apple Inc., the City of Santa Clara, and the property owner. The cases arises out of activities at a modern semiconductor fabrication facility. I'm alleging violations of five federal environmental statutes—the Resource Conservation and…
Legal update! We now have an Environmental Citizen Suit filed in federal court against Apple, city of Santa Clara, & the property owner over their stupid skunkworks fab! It's time to shut that deathtrap down. The Complaint is is available on CourtListener here and available below. Your browser does not support viewing this document. Click here to download the document. [...]
NBC Bay Area nightly news covered our rally & press conference at Apple's skunkworks semiconductor fab next to thousands of apartments, public parks, & a children's playground. Watch the local news coverage at 3250 Scott Blvd today (Aug. 16 2025): #wsite-video-container-946190367125172042{ background:…
Today we launched a Change.org Petition asking politicians and the EPA to shut down Apple's illegal chip fab at 3250 Scott Blvd in Santa Clara, California.Sign the Petition! (function(jQuery) {function init() { window.wSlideshow &&…
On June 30 2025, I served Apple, City of Santa, EPA, and the property owner notice of an incoming EPA Citizen Suit under RCRA, CAA, CWA, TSCA, and EPCRA -- as well as a public nuisance claim -- about Apple's illegal semiconductor fabrication plant at 3250 Scott Blvd in Santa Clara, California. Read the Notice here. [...]
On June 26 2025, US EPA served Apple with a notice of RCRA enforcement action re: Apple's fab at 3250 Scott Blvd, in Santa Clara, California.Read the notice here. [...]
Today, I filed a motion asking the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider their dismissal of my appeal against Apple. This isn't just about my case—it's about protecting whistleblowers, AI safety, and fundamental due process rights that affect everyone.What Happened: A Procedural TrapThe Ninth Circuit dismissed my appeal in May, claiming it lacked jurisdiction because the case wasn't…
Apple's "ANswer" to My Complaint it Illegally Fired Me On May 19, 2025, the Court granted my motion to strike multiple defenses from Apple’s Answer to my Fifth Amended Complaint in the Gjovik v Apple civil litigation. (You can read my earlier post here.)The Court found that many of Apple’s defenses — Apple's arguments for why Apple should not be held liable for the harm it caused…