Cannabis (De)Unionization: Here’s What’s New On The Frontlines Of Labor Organizing Among Weed Workers
Employees at Cresco Labs Inc.‘s (CSE:CL) (OTCQX:CRLBF) (FSE: 6CQ), the Massachusetts-based cannabis cultivation operations voted overwhelmingly to approve their first union contract with the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 328 more than three years ago. Now, the growers, supervisors and other agricultural workers at Cresco’s operations opted to reverse the process.
With their contract nearing the June expiration date, the workers decided to de-unionize, instead of negotiating another organized labor deal, according to documents obtained by MJBizDaily.
Wyatt Brissette, an employee at the Chicago-based multi-state cannabis operator who is behind the movement, said the scheduled wage increases were not in accordance with inflation, while promised benefits were “arguably worse” than for nonunion workers.
“We felt as if (the union) didn’t match what we needed,” Brissette, who was …