Apple Inc. stock hit the $600 mark Thursday afternoon, just one day ahead of the company releasing it’s brand new third generation iPad.[ Analysts believe share prices could go up to $960 in the next year as the smartphone and tablet trend continues.](http://www.forbes.com/sites/thestreet/2012/03/15/how-apples-stock-could-reach-1000/) That’s exactly why Demonstrators will be protesting outside of Apple stores in San Francisco, New York and Washington, D.C., on Friday. As Apple’s market grows, demonstrators are calling on Apple to create a worker protection strategy to prevent workplace abuse, injury, and death in the factories that produce new iPad and iPhones.