Workers at Greenleaf Compassionate Care Center in Portsmouth look to unionize
Daily News staff
PORTSMOUTH In a milestone moment for cannabis workers and the medical cannabis program in Rhode Island, employees at Greenleaf Compassionate Care Center filed for an election to join The United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 328.
Workers delivered a formal request Tuesday that management voluntarily recognize the union in the workplace, UFCW Local 328 said in a press release Friday. If not recognized voluntarily, the workers will move forward with a formal election in the coming weeks. The workers of Greenleaf are the first at a Rhode Island compassion center to take the step of organizing with a labor union.