Cresco Labs cannabis cultivation employees in Massachusetts ditch union

Employees at a Cresco Labs cannabis cultivation facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, voted to de-unionize earlier this month.

Trulieve Cannabis cultivation workers in Arizona vote to unionize

Workers at the Trulieve Magnolia cultivation facility in Arizona voted 37-4 to join United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 99.

More cannabis workers at Verano subsidiary in Illinois join union

Retail workers at a Zen Leaf store in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood voted to join Teamsters Local 777.

Cannabis retail workers in Ohio and Utah join unions

Labor unions  are continuing to expand their marijuana industry membership, this time at medical cannabis dispensaries in Ohio and Utah.

Missouri marijuana retailer Shangri-La to pay $145K settlement in union dispute

The National Labor Relations Board has approved a settlement in which Missouri marijuana retailer Shangri-La Dispensaries must pay more than $145,000 to resolve 15 charges of unfair labor practices.

Employees at Missouri marijuana retailer Homestate vote to join Teamsters union

Staffers at Homestate Dispensary, a marijuana retailer in Kansas City, Missouri, “have voted overwhelmingly” to join the Teamsters Local 955 union.

Maine cannabis business owners, labor union partner to lobby state lawmakers

A lobby representing cannabis business owners in Maine is working with a national labor union to represent marijuana interests at the state capitol, organizers told MJBizDaily.

Alleged fake marijuana unions are expanding foothold across United States

Ascend Cannabis’ adult-use marijuana store in Montclair, New Jersey, underscores a “significant problem” in the nation’s marijuana industry that labor unions say is thwarting worker rights – and so far eluding otherwise strict regulations governing the MJ industry.

Employees at Las Vegas marijuana retailer unionize

Employees at The Dispensary in Las Vegas have voted to join the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 711.

Cannabist Co. cultivation workers in New Jersey vote to unionize

Cultivation workers at marijuana multi-state operator Cannabist Co.’s Vineland, New Jersey, grow operation have voted to unionize, union officials said.

Utah medical marijuana dispensary workers vote to unionize with UFCW

Employees of Dragonfly Wellness, a medical marijuana dispensary in Salt Lake City, voted to join the United Food and Commercial Workers.

How labor unions can benefit cannabis operators

Conventional wisdom contends that businesses and labor unions are naturally adversarial. But it doesn’t have to be that way.