{"id":51288,"date":"2023-01-25T18:55:46","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T18:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?post_type=victories&#038;p=51288"},"modified":"2023-01-25T18:55:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T18:55:46","slug":"cannabis-workers-in-massachusetts-join-local-328","status":"publish","type":"victories","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/actions\/victories\/cannabis-workers-in-massachusetts-join-local-328\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannabis Workers in Massachusetts Join Local 328"},"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\">On Jan. 6, cannabis workers at Nature\u2019s Medicines in Wareham, Mass., joined UFCW Local 328 for a better life. The workers, who are personal service providers and inventory clerks, formed their union with a focus on gaining higher wages, improving benefits, and securing important workplace protections.<\/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 campaign to organize began on Oct. 21, when the personal service providers and inventory clerks at Nature\u2019s Medicines delivered a signed letter to the regional and general managers, requesting the company to respect their decision to form their union. After Nature\u2019s Medicines declined to voluntarily recognize their union, the workers filed for their union election. The company proceeded to have mandatory meetings with workers where they tried to persuade workers not to unionize. However, the workers continued to stick together throughout the election process.<\/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\">\u201cI reached out to help my coworkers because I was tired of corporate treating us like we didn\u2019t matter,\u201d said Thomas Hooper, a lead personal service provider at the Wareham location. \u201cThis union will not only help the current employees, but it will be here long after I\u2019m gone.\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\">&nbsp;\u201cI am glad to be helping myself and other coworkers to make our job worth the work we put into it,\u201d said Adam Ellis, who is also a personal service provider at the Wareham location.<\/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 are proud of the incredible team at Nature\u2019s Medicines,\u201d said UFCW Local 328 Organizer Mike Santos. \u201cThey organized for a voice at work and achieved this victory by sticking together and voting union \u2018yes.\u2019 We are excited to welcome them to our union family!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Jan. 6, cannabis workers at Nature\u2019s Medicines in Wareham, Mass., joined UFCW Local 328 for a better life. 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