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Workers At Two More Cannabis Companies Unionize With Teamsters And UFCW
Thursday, March 23, 2023 - 3:20pm | 770The Teamsters and United Food and Commercial Workers unionized more new members of the cannabis industry. Nearly 100 drivers and warehouse workers at Grassdoor, one of the largest cannabis delivery platforms in California, joined Teamsters Local 2785, uniting them with more than 300...
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'All They Care About Are Quarterly Earnings Reports' - Unfair Labor Practice Strike At Enlightened Dispensary
Thursday, December 1, 2022 - 12:24pm | 702Members of Teamsters Local 777 employed by Enlightened Dispensary – a subsidiary of Revolution Global – engaged in an unfair labor practice strike yesterday outside of the company's dispensary in Schaumburg, Ill. "We took this unprecedented step because this company has been...
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Multi-State Cannabis Operator Revolution Global Hires Veterans As CMO And GC
Wednesday, February 9, 2022 - 10:03am | 526Multi-state cannabis operator Revolution Global has hired Shari Boyer as its new chief marketing officer and Sam Banayan as general counsel. "As we enter our growth stage, Revolution is strengthening our leadership team to ensure we can expand rapidly, strategically, and responsibly to meet...
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Cannabis Co. Revolution Global Welcomes Wall Street Veteran Jared Cohen As Head Of Corporate Development
Thursday, June 3, 2021 - 7:27am | 668Multi-state cannabis operator, Revolution Global, on Thursday welcomed finance industry veteran and cannabis investor Jared Cohen as its new head of corporate development. For over 15 years Cohen had been building his investment acumen across both private and public...
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Cannabis Movers & Shakers: Drop Delivery Forms Advisory Board, Revolution Global Names President, Jason Ackerman Exits TerrAscend
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 - 9:05am | 614Drop Delivery Forms Advisory Board On Heels Of Closing Reg-CF Offering Cannabis-focused tech start-up Drop Delivery has formed its advisory board and appointed Jessica Billingsley, Kristin Jordan, and Cynthia Salarizadeh as its inaugural members. Billingsley is CEO of cannabis company Akerna...
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Social Equity In Cannabis: 'This Is The Way That Our Industry Is Expanding'
Thursday, February 27, 2020 - 2:50pm | 859“Social equity in cannabis has to look like America.” That’s how Steve Hawkins, executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project, kicked off a conversation on social equity this week at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference at the Fountainbleau Miami Beach. Benefiting...
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Hempvet Launches 'Safe, Natural' CBD Products For Cats, Horses
Wednesday, February 26, 2020 - 12:24pm | 278The CBD pet product company Hempvet announced Wednesday the launch of nine pet wellness products that include the company’s first products for cats and horses. Each of the products targets a particular disorder, such as anxiety, hip and joint pain and various immune...
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Revolution Global's Candace Gingrich To Talk Social Equity At Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference
Friday, February 21, 2020 - 4:48pm | 643LGBTQ advocate Candace Gingrich is among a group of advocates and industry officials who will discuss the role the cannabis community should play in social equity at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference starting Monday in Miami Beach. Gingrich, the vice president of business development...
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Revolution Global To Mentor Black-Owned-And-Operated Cannabis Business In Chicago
Friday, January 17, 2020 - 5:45pm | 220Revolution Global, a multi-state cannabis company, started 2020 by announcing a new partnership with Organic Urban Revitalization Solutions (OURS), a black-owned-and-operated business breaking into the cannabis cultivation, dispensary, and retail space. Revolution will provide mentorship on capital...
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Freehold Properties Backs Revolution Global's Illinois Cannabis Cultivation Expansion With $29M
Tuesday, October 15, 2019 - 9:44am | 378The cannabis-focused real estate investment company Freehold Properties announced Tuesday that it will support cannabis operator Revolution Global with up to $28.75 million in real estate capital expansion funding. Revolution Global said it intends to use the funding to more than double...
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Revolution Global Welcomes Former NBA Player Jamal Mashburn As Board Advisor
Thursday, October 10, 2019 - 7:11am | 386Retired basketball star Jamal Mashburn is joining Revolution Global as an advisor to the board of directors. The Illinois-based company is a vertically-integrated cannabis cultivator, extractor, distributor and retailer that also offers consultancy services and holds a portfolio of several...