Unionized Cannabis Industry Workers Threat Is Off, Eaze Conflict Reaches Agreement
“Our strike threat put them in a corner,” said Austin Williams, delivery driver and member of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 324. The union came to an agreement with Eaze/Stachs in a labor conflict that has lingered for nine months.
Union representatives reached an agreement via a bargaining committee made up of Eaze employees represented by UFCW locals 5, 135, 324, and 770. The agreement guarantees better pay, a fair process for reimbursement of the costs of operating their vehicles, work hours and a multitude of enforceable rights and protections on the job. The committee is …