{"id":4220,"date":"2016-04-11T19:57:22","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T19:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forlocals.ufcw.org\/?p=4220"},"modified":"2020-09-08T17:27:09","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T17:27:09","slug":"ufcw-local-480-and-green-aloha-create-first-hawaii-cannabis-labor-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/ufcw-local-480-and-green-aloha-create-first-hawaii-cannabis-labor-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"UFCW Local 480 and Green Aloha Create First Hawaii Cannabis Labor Agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"image\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/forlocals.www.ufcw.org\/files\/2016\/04\/Hawaii-Cannabis.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4221\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/forlocals.www.ufcw.org\/files\/2016\/04\/Hawaii-Cannabis-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Hawaii Cannabis\" class=\"wp-image-4221\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On April 2, in a first for the state of Hawaii, UFCW Local 480 and Green Aloha, Ltd. announced an agreement giving their workers a fair process to form a union, ensuring good jobs and a highly trained workforce in the emerging medical marijuana industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is an exciting day for cannabis patients and workers in Hawaii,\u201d said Pat Loo, president of UFCW Local 480. \u201cThis agreement guarantees that if Green Aloha is selected to operate a dispensary in Kaua\u2019i and a majority of its workers choose to join the UFCW, the community will benefit economically from excellent working conditions and a highly skilled workforce trained with industry best practices developed from UFCW\u2019s extensive experience across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agreement allows workers at Green Aloha a fair way to choose a union and outlines key principles for a future contract ensuring that the pay and benefits for Kaua\u2019i workers would meet or exceed standards for cannabis workers across the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re deeply committed to ensuring that we operate at the highest standards possible, if we are privileged to be awarded a dispensary license,\u201d said Justin Britt of Green Aloha. \u201cPartnering with the UFCW enables us to do that with the most qualified, best trained workers available. We\u2019re privileged to be able to tap into the years of experience and industry knowledge the union has developed from its work across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe believe that medical marijuana dispensaries shouldn\u2019t benefit just their owners,\u201d said Loo. \u201cWe think the state should agree with us and license operators who they know will respect their workers, ensure the safety of their communities and make real, binding commitments to the people of Hawaii.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 2, in a first for the state of Hawaii, UFCW Local 480 and Green Aloha, Ltd. announced an agreement giving their workers a fair process to form a union, ensuring good jobs and a highly trained workforce in the emerging medical marijuana industry. \u201cThis is an exciting day for cannabis patients and workers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[28,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cannabis","category-organizing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UFCW Local 480 and Green Aloha Create First Hawaii Cannabis Labor Agreement - The United Food &amp; 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