{"id":54170,"date":"2024-04-22T12:49:41","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T12:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?post_type=press_releases&#038;p=54170"},"modified":"2024-04-22T12:49:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T12:49:42","slug":"ufcw-celebrates-cannabis-workers","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/press-releases\/ufcw-celebrates-cannabis-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"UFCW Celebrates Cannabis Workers &amp; Recent Labor Wins on 4\/20"},"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\"><strong>WASHINGTON, DC<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp; Today, America\u2019s largest cannabis union, United Food and Commercial Workers International, released a statement celebrating labor wins in the industry and cannabis workers on a day when many customers are legally partaking in the high-quality products union workers produce. Earlier this week, workers at Terrascend in Michigan voted yes to unionizing with UFCW. Additionally, cannabis workers at two other locations filed for union recognition this week: Fine Fettle in Connecticut and the RISE location in Massachusetts.&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\">These workers joined a growing movement of cannabis workers building power with their coworkers for a brighter future in the industry. Over the last decade, UFCW has organized over 300 dispensaries and grow facilities across the country. This year alone, the union has supported workers&#8217; union efforts in 35 different locations.&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\"><strong>UFCW International President Marc Perrone released the following statement:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"quote\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><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 applaud the cannabis workers choosing to join our union family this week. The UFCW has spent over a decade in this emerging industry, advocating for workers and fighting to establish critical labor protections to ensure that, as the industry grows, cannabis industry jobs are safe, equitable, and family-sustaining. As consumers across the country take part in this unofficial holiday, remember the workers help grow, prepare, sell, and deliver the quality products you enjoy. At the end of the day, it is cannabis workers who make this industry run and they deserve the essential protection\u00a0 and benefits that a union contract provides. UFCW looks forward to helping more workers\u00a0 organize their workplaces and make their voices heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/blockquote>\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=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/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=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><em>UFCW International, the largest private sector union in the United States, representing 1.2 million workers and their families in cannabis, grocery, meatpacking, food processing, healthcare, retail and other essential industries in all 50 states, Canada, and Puerto Rico. The UFCW is committed to organizing and supporting cannabis workers across the industry, from seed to sale. Learn more about the UFCW at\u202f<\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/ufcw.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ufcw.org<\/a><\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp; Today, America\u2019s largest cannabis union, United Food and Commercial Workers International, released a statement celebrating labor wins in the industry and cannabis workers on a day when many customers are legally partaking in the high-quality products union workers produce. Earlier this week, workers at Terrascend in Michigan voted yes to unionizing with UFCW. 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