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Despite delay in N.J. cannabis market, weed workers moving full steam ahead to unionize

February 17, 2022
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New Jersey
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Union fever is spreading like wildfire among the state’s cannabis workers even though the adult use recreational market has yet to open up. The workers prepping for that day say they want careers, not just jobs, and that’s spurring union…

Only a few cannabis workers in Illinois are unionized 2 years after full legalization. Organizers say corporate owners have put up fierce resistance.

December 2, 2021
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Illinois
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Cannabis workers pushing to unionize amid complaints of low wages and rough working conditions claim they’ve faced stiff resistance from the corporate pot firms that employ them. In January of 2020, with the blessing of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders,…

Local Weed Workers Make History As First Employees From D.C. Dispensary To Unionize

For the first time in D.C., cannabis dispensary workers ratified a union contract with their employer — a landmark not just for the dispensary’s employees, but also for the city’s nascent marijuana industry. The employees work for DC Holistic Wellness, a one-year-old dispensary located…