have voted this month to join the United Food & Commercial Workers, becoming the first dispensary employees in each state to unionize.
At Root 66 in St. Louis, the eight budtenders who voted to unionize had concerns about a lack of consistent company policies and policy changes, no paid time off for sick leave or vacation, and low wages. "Cannabis workers across the country are voting to join a union because they know it's the best way to secure good wages and benefits on the job," said UFCW Local 655 President Dave Cook after the vote in St. Louis on April 4."Workers need economic security and fair treatment in the workplace, and cannabis workers are no different."
Pocan and Norcross, both union members themselves, have advocated for passage of the PRO Act, which the U.S. Housein 2020 but which has been held up in the Senate due to right-wing opposition and the legislative filibuster. The legislation"will help all sectors and make it easier for people who want to have an election actually be able to get an election and be able to form a union,” Pocan told"I think you have potential to see that with the cannabis industry, and that's a good thing," he said."When people are organized, depending on the position, it's like $3,000 to $8,000 more they can make simply by being a member of a unionized business in cannabis.
I'm so sorry that Tim Tebow isn't opening more Starbucks in Oregon!