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Labor Law Developments Clear the Path for Growing Unionization in Cannabis

As unionization increases in the growing industry, the end of a 50-year-old law created paths for unions to bypass elections, and post-harvest workers are no longer excluded from the NLRB Act.

March 19, 2024

Missouri

Workers at Missouri From the Earth Dispensary Vote to Join UFCW Local 2

February 21, 2024

Arizona

Trulieve Magnolia Employees Unionize in First-Ever Election for Arizona Cannabis Agriculture Workers

Workers at the Trulieve central Phoenix production facility voted 37-4 in favor of unionizing with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 99.

January 25, 2024

California

Cannabis Dispensaries Top Target for Labor Unions as More States Legalize

With the National Labor Relations Board adopting standards making it easier to organize, unions have recognized that now is the time to attack.

December 24, 2023

Illinois

Teamsters Local 777 Secures Tentative Agreements at Five Cresco Dispensaries

Ratification votes will be completed for all five locations by the end of next week.

September 28, 2023

Arizona

Curaleaf Dispensary Workers Strike in Arizona; State Lawmakers Support Them

The multistate cannabis operator says it respects its workers’ rights, but a local union claims the company fired an employee for labor peace activity.

September 18, 2023

Illinois

Teamsters, Green Thumb Industries Ratify Contracts in Illinois

The agreements come at RISE dispensary locations in Joliet and Niles, where a strike occurred earlier this year.

September 6, 2023

Illinois

Teamsters, Verano Reach Tentative Agreements in Illinois

The bargain agreements impact retail workers at Zen Leaf dispensaries in the Chicago area.

July 20, 2023

Illinois

Union Files Spying Charges Against Green Thumb Industries

Teamsters Local 777 filed the additional unfair labor practice charges against the multistate cannabis operator in Illinois.

June 8, 2023

Interviews & Opinion

State Regulation of Cannabis Labor Relations: Lessons From Curaleaf’s New Jersey Experience

Curaleaf's recent licensing renewal episode in New Jersey calls into question whether state policies on labor relation compliance matters are overreaching what has generally been federal purview.

June 6, 2023

Illinois

Green Thumb Workers Strike at 3 Dispensaries in Illinois

The unionized workers at a trio of RISE retail facilities in the Chicago metropolitan area coordinated the strikes through Teamsters Local 777.

April 19, 2023

New Jersey

Curaleaf’s New Jersey Licenses Renewed With Conditional Approval During Emergency Meeting

State regulators with the Cannabis Regulatory Commission voted to vacate a previous decision and allow Curaleaf to continue adult-use operations, for now.

April 17, 2023