Booming US cannabis industry seen as fertile ground for union expansion

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She said many dispensaries in Chicago have been unionizing, and that they have promoted their first union contract, which wasin March 2022, as an example for other workers who are unionizing to follow. The contract permits customers to tip workers and guarantees annual raises, seniority rights and 40 hours a week for full-time staff.

The report noted workers in cultivation, processing and retail could make thousands of dollars more on average annually with a union or high job quality standards. Dan Hammel of Rise Rock Creek cannabis dispensary in Illinois celebrates joining Teamsters Local 777.After the campaign, Townsend and her daughter joined the Teamsters as union organizers focused on the cannabis industry. She described the industry as the wild west, due to the rapid growth of corporations that aren’t regulated to ensure their workers are protected and paid fairly.

 

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Where ever their is a known so called drug, the same attitude follows and now a thug union and they can't see where this is going, billions industry - what's their export policy into forbidden nations?

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