{"id":50507,"date":"2022-11-16T21:17:08","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T21:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?post_type=victories&#038;p=50507"},"modified":"2022-11-16T21:22:01","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T21:22:01","slug":"ufcw-attends-black-cannabiz-expo-and-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/ufcw-attends-black-cannabiz-expo-and-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"UFCW Attends Black CannaBiz Expo and Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<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\">Earlier this month, several UFCW leaders and rank-and-file members attended the Black CannaBiz Expo and Conference in New Orleans, La., to share their unique perspectives on how racial and social equity in the cannabis industry can only be achieved by prioritizing workers\u2019 rights.\u00a0<\/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\">At the three-day conference, Aquila Barbosas Rodrigues from UFCW Local 1445, Zion Grae-El from UFCW Local 3000, and Aly Silver from UFCW Local 338 RWDSU-UFCW participated on a panel alongside International Representative Mecca Ross and CEO of Cannabliss and union advocate Norbert Pickett.\u00a0<\/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 worker-led panel highlighted the essential role the UFCW plays in helping to build a more equitable cannabis industry from the ground-up. \u201cI feel like unions are the great equalizers because they create generational wealth by giving us the promotions and the benefits and the raises that we deserve,\u201d said Silver. \u201cUnion contracts close gender and racial gaps\u2026 and that is essential for the Black and Brown workers in this industry.\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\">In addition to Friday\u2019s worker panel, LaQuita Honeysucker, Director of the Civil Rights and Community Action Department, and Ademola Oyefeso, International Vice President and Director of the Legislative and Political Action Department, participated in a Town Hall that focused on racial and social equity in the cannabis industry, the necessity of federal and state cannabis legislation that prioritizes workers\u2019 rights, and the role that UFCW plays in ensuring that every cannabis workers has the right to a good union job.&nbsp;<\/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\">You can watch the Equity For Workers in Today\u2019s Cannabis Industry: A Workers Panel&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cub4PUT_dxQ\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month, several UFCW leaders and rank-and-file members attended the Black CannaBiz Expo and Conference in New Orleans, La., to share their unique perspectives on how racial and social equity in the cannabis industry can only be achieved by prioritizing workers\u2019 rights.\u00a0 At the three-day conference, Aquila Barbosas Rodrigues from UFCW Local 1445, Zion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":416,"featured_media":50511,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[457,592,552],"class_list":["post-50507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cannabis","tag-ufcw-local-1445","tag-ufcw-local-3000","tag-ufcw-local-338"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UFCW Attends Black CannaBiz Expo and Conference - The United Food &amp; 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