Cresco Labs Cultivation Employees Leave Massachusetts Labor Union
Wed / Apr 24th
Cannabis workers at the Cresco Labs cultivation site in Fall Rivers, Massachusetts have voted to de-unionize ahead of their contract’s expiration date this summer.
Wed / Apr 24th
Cannabis workers at the Cresco Labs cultivation site in Fall Rivers, Massachusetts have voted to de-unionize ahead of their contract’s expiration date this summer.
Thu / Nov 16th
The National Labor and Relations Board has approved a settlement that will see a Missouri cannabis dispensary company reinstate five employees and pay more than $145,000 in backpack, front pay, and interest and compensation to 10 employees who were terminated after a March union organizing action.
Thu / Nov 9th
The California Department of Cannabis Control has clarified that the National Agricultural Workers Union is not a bona fide labor organization following reports from earlier this year that the organization is one of many “fake” unions in the space.
Fri / Nov 3rd
Workers at the Home State Dispensary in Kansas City, Missouri voted this week to join the Teamsters Local 955, making them the first cannabis workers in the city to unionize.
Mon / Sep 18th
Workers at a Phoenix, Arizona dispensary went on strike last week after the company, Curaleaf Midtown, failed to negotiate a contract despite workers having voted to join the UFCW Local 99 union last summer.
Thu / Sep 7th
Three Rise dispensaries in Illinois recently saw workers ratify their first collective bargaining agreement following a “protracted fight.” Rise is a subsidiary of multi-state operator Green Thumb Industries.
Fri / Sep 1st
This week marked the second collective bargaining agreement in the Michigan cannabis industry after workers at Ascend Cannabis Provisions in Grand Rapids voted to join the Teamsters Local 406.
Thu / Aug 17th
Workers at Connecticut’s largest cannabis cultivation facility have voted to join United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 919. It’s the second time that cannabis workers in the state voted to unionize.
Fri / Jul 21st
The Teamsters Local 777 union has reached tentative agreements for cannabis consultants and agents-in-charge at Zen Leaf dispensaries in Chicago.
Thu / Jul 13th
Rhode Island dispensary Greenleaf Compassionate Care Center has filed a lawsuit over labor peace agreement provisions in the state’s cannabis legalization law, arguing it was “coerced into entering an oppressive collective bargaining agreement.”
Thu / Jun 22nd
Workers at the California-based cannabis distribution company Amuse voted on Wednesday to join the Teamsters Local 630 union.
Fri / Jun 9th
The Teamsters Local 777 union in Chicago has filed additional Unfair Labor Practice charges against Green Thumb Industries, the parent company of RISE dispensaries, adding new allegations to an ongoing labor dispute.
Tue / May 16th
Cannabis cultivation workers at 48 Advanced Grow Labs in Connecticut this week became the first cannabis industry workers in Connecticut to unionize.
Thu / Sep 1st
The union worker’s strike over wages in British Columbia has resulted in about 500 job losses and the closure of 50 cannabis retail locations.
Thu / Aug 18th
Cannabis operators in British Columbia, Canada are bracing for supply disruptions this week after the BC General Employees’ Union went on strike over wage disputes.
Mon / Jul 18th
Members of the New York City Fire Department will no longer be subject to random drug tests as per a Uniformed Firefighters Association leaked document.
Thu / Jul 14th
Some workers at province-run cannabis stores in Quebec have entered an indefinite strike over low pay. The workers are with the Syndicat Canadien de la Fonction Publique, which is affiliated with the largest trade union in the province.
Tue / Jul 5th
The Teamsters union has successfully recruited more than 500 cannabis industry workers and is looking to organize in multiple states with upcoming cannabis legalization questions on their ballots.
Fri / Jun 24th
Multistate cannabis firm Curaleaf did not offer Juneteenth holiday pay for its unionized employees but did for non-unionized employees.
Wed / May 4th
Workers at a cannabis cultivation site in Gresham, Oregon walked off the job on Monday, alleging their employer had initiated actions to impede unionization efforts.
Fri / Mar 18th
The cannabis industry helped drive unionization efforts for retail workers in 2021, according to data from the National Labor Relations Board.
Fri / Feb 18th
New York lawmakers passed a bill to let hemp cultivators and processors obtain early conditional licenses for the state’s adult-use cannabis program.
Wed / Jan 5th
Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin (R) said in a recent interview he will not seek to overturn the adult-use cannabis law signed by his predecessor but will look to adjust certain elements of the program, including a “forced unionization” clause.
Wed / May 19th
Employees at three March and Ash dispensaries in the greater San Diego area voted last week to join United Food and Commercial Workers Local 135.
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