Unionization Efforts Are Under Way in the Cannabis Space
Cultivation and dispensary employees from Massachusetts and Rhode Island join UFCW union as part of a national labor organizing wave.
A unionization effort filed for 17 employees at the Curaleaf medical dispensary in Hanover, Mass., went all the way to Washington, D.C., before a final decision on the results of a mail-in election was made earlier this month. The majority of ballots had been challenged, some of which remained sealed in the final vote count.
The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 328, which represents more than 11,000 workers in a range of industries throughout Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts, filed for the Curaleaf Hanover union election April 20, 2020 during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ballots went out to the Hanover team in May, and the original vote count was June 26. That vote came back 5-2 in favor of joining the Local 328, excluding 10 challenged ballots, which were d
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Workers at Greenleaf Compassionate Care Center in Portsmouth look to unionize
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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.