Peter Finn

Marijuana workers at a Nabis warehouse in California voted overwhelmingly to unionize by joining Teamsters Local 630. Nabis is a California-based licensed cannabis wholesale platform. These 84 new Teamsters are employed as drivers and warehouse workers.  "We are dedicated to ensuring stability and...

Workers at the Cannabist Company (OTCQX:CBSTF) in North Hollywood and Studio City, Los Angeles voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 630. The 60 new Teamsters work as budtenders at both locations. Last October, workers at the Cannabist facility in Vineland, also voted to join United Food and...

Eaze delivery drivers in Sacramento voted unanimously to join the Teamsters Local 150, marking an important milestone for workers in the cannabis delivery sector by aligning them with a broader movement towards improved labor rights and benefits. Amid the evolving landscape of cannabis labor rights...

Cannabis workers at Verano’s (OTCQX: VRNOF) Zen Leaf dispensary in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 777. Founded in 1937, Teamsters Local 777 represents workers in a wide variety of industries throughout the Chicago area....

“No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream,” Martin Luther King Jr. said in his 1963 'I Have a Dream' speech. Celebrated as a prominent civil rights leader, MLK was...

Budtenders and inventory clerks at Home State Dispensary in Missouri have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 955. They are the first group of cannabis workers in the Kansas City metropolitan area to unionize and the first to join Local 955. “At the current rate of sales, the...

Workers at five Sunnyside Dispensaries — a subsidiary of multi-state cannabis operator Cresco Labs Inc. (CSE: CL) (OTCQX: CRLBF) (FSE: 6CQ) — have reached tentative agreements for first union contracts with Teamsters Local 777. Why It Matters The contracts at the Illinois dispensaries...

California's labor regulators have once again found themselves delving into the intricate world of cannabis labor agreements. As reported by MJ BizDaily, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters has lodged a complaint with the state Agricultural Labor Relations Board, raising concerns about...

Cannabis consultants and agents-in-charge at two Chicago-based dispensaries operated by Zen Leaf, a subsidiary of Verano (OTCQX: VRNOF), have both voted overwhelmingly to ratify their first collective bargaining agreements with Teamsters Local 777. Founded back in 1937, Teamsters Local 777...

Wellness advisors and other cannabis workers at Sunnyside, a subsidiary of Cresco Labs (OTCQX: CRLBF), have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 777. "This is the fifth Cresco location to join our union," stated Jim Glimco, Local 777 president. "The more locations we organize...

  Following the recent death of an employee at Green Thumb Industries’ (OTCQX: GTBIF) cultivation and manufacturing facility, the Teamsters issued an official statement calling on the multi-state cannabis operator to address its workers’ safety concerns. “...

Patient care advocates and dispensary supervisors at Bloc Dispensary, a subsidiary of Justice Cannabis Company, have voted to join Teamsters Local 618. They are the first group of cannabis workers to unionize with the Teamsters in Missouri. "Since recreational use and sale was legalized here...

Eighty-one workers at Growpacker have organized with Teamsters Local 1932 in San Bernardino, California. According to the Teamsters, the company is the largest bottling facility in the California cannabis industry, as well as one its the largest providers of supply chain, manufacturing, and...

Teamsters Local 777 has filed additional unfair labor practice (ULP) charges against Green Thumb Industries (OTCQX: GTBIF), the parent company of RISE dispensaries. The charges come after the workers embarked upon the longest ULP strike at a cannabis retailer in U.S. history. “We are...

Teamsters Local 777 members at Verilife dispensaries in Illinois, owned by PharmaCann, ratified their first collective bargaining agreements in early May, which provide workers a 20% wage increase, additional full-time positions, guaranteed gratuities and employer-funded retirement...