Cannabis (De)Unionization: Here's What's New On The Frontlines Of Labor Organizing Among Weed Workers
Employees at Cresco Labs Inc.'s Fall River, Massachusets-based cannabis cultivation operations have voted overwhelmingly to approve their first union contract with the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 328 more than three years ago. Now, the gardeners, supervisors and other agricultural workers at Cresco's operations opted to reverse the process. With their contract nearing the June expiration date, the workers opted to de-unionize, instead of negotiating another organized labor deal, according to documents obtained by MJBizDaily.Meanwhile, employees at Curaleaf Holdings, Inc.'s store in Phoenix, Arizona joined a 4/20 protest on Saturday, organized by United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local 99 at a company store on East Camelback Road near North Seventh Street. The protesters asked for safer working conditions, full-time employment and a living wage, reported Arizona Central.