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As the November election approaches so come deadlines for submitting signatures for various initiatives. In Oregon, the deadline was July 5th, and two groups successfully collected more than 100,000 signatures. The two measures that now have a chance to end up on the ballot are: 1) imposing higher...

Myong Joun, a federal judge in Boston made a decision in a case involving marijuana dispensary operator I.N.S.A. and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The judge ruled on Tuesday that I.N.S.A. must bargain and recognize a union even though its workers voted against unionizing and it must re...

United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 360 confirmed Wednesday that New Jersey-based dispensary NJ Leaf is the latest company to organize with the union. The dispensary owner, Ritesh Shah says he fully supports this decision. “NJ Leaf is committed to our...

“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...

Labor Judge Orders Massachusetts Dispensary To Negotiate With Union Despite Election Loss A federal judge ruled in favor of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) in Massachusetts, ordering cannabis retailer I.N.S.A. Inc. to negotiate with the union despite the UFCW losing an election...

United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union, Local 360, announced that Columbia Care, Inc.’s (OTCQX: CCHWF) Cannabist retail location in Deptford, NJ., has voted to ratify its first labor contract. The contract covers dispensary associates and senior dispensary associates, and is...

United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 360 announced that, as it ramps up efforts to unionize New Jersey’s cannabis industry workers, all of Curaleaf’s (OTCQX: CURLF) New Jersey retail locations have been duly organized as members of UFCW. Curaleaf’s Bordentown, NJ...

Curaleaf Holdings (OTCQX: CURLF) laid off around 220 employees ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, the Business Insider reported. In a statement to the outlet, Curaleaf said the cuts were "part of an effort to control costs and drive efficiencies in the face of economic uncertainties...

Ayr Wellness Inc. (CSE:AYR.A) (OTCQX: AYRWF) began adult-use sales on November 28, alongside its established medical sales at its Somerville, MA retail location. Located at 240 Elm St, Somerville, MA 02144, Sira Naturals Somerville is located within the Davis Square. Ayr’s retail footprint in...

Workers at Santa Rosa-based Flora Terra voted to join Teamsters Local 665. They are the first group of cannabis workers to join the Teamsters under the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act in Northern California. “Congratulations to our newest members, who stood strong and worked...

Employees at Curaleaf’s (OTCQX: CURLF) Edgewater, NJ., dispensary have voted to organize as members of United Food and Commercial Workers. The Curaleaf location in Edgewater originally served only medical marijuana patients, but now also serves the adult use market. Nationally, Curaleaf...

Workers at the Cresco Labs’(OTCQX: CRLBF) Sunnyside Dispensary in Schaumburg, Illinois have voted to join Teamsters Local 777. The facility is the first Sunnyside location to affiliate with the Teamsters union. "This is the third cannabis election we have won in the town of Schaumburg...

Workers at the Trulieve (OTCQX: TCNNF) North Shore medical cannabis dispensary have voted to join Local 1776. Cannabis Trade Unions On The Rise Recently Lume Cannabis Co. dispensary in Monroe became unionized. In April The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 360 announced that employees...

In March, workers at Authentic 231, a cannabis store in Manistee, Michigan, unionized with the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), becoming the first marijuana retailer to unionize in Michigan. On Monday, local media reported the UFCW Local 876 announced that another Michigan-based cannabis...

United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 360 submitted a petition to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by the employees of Wonderland Smoke Shop, becoming the first cannabis accessories business to formally ask the NLRB to conduct an election to unionize. Such businesses are not...