{"id":61765,"date":"2025-04-03T14:20:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?post_type=victories&#038;p=61765"},"modified":"2025-04-03T14:20:05","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:20:05","slug":"cannabis-workers-in-california-ratify-a-new-contract","status":"publish","type":"victories","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/actions\/victories\/cannabis-workers-in-california-ratify-a-new-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannabis Workers in California Ratify a New Contract"},"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 Feb. 21, about 500 members of UFCW Locals 5, 135, 324 and 770 who work for Eaze Inc. (formerly Stachs LLC) in California ratified a new contract. This agreement ensures continued stability, fair wages, and critical worker protections at a time when the cannabis sector faces ongoing financial and regulatory challenges, and covers cannabis delivery drivers, and depot and retail staff spread across 11 locations in California. \u00a0\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 three-year contract guarantees fair wages and scheduled raises retroactive to January 1, 2025, employer contributions to health and welfare benefits, an indexed mileage reimbursement rate for drivers, and successorship language to protect workers in the future. By securing these protections, the UFCW continues to provide cannabis workers with the stability they deserve, reinforcing the importance of union representation in an unpredictable 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\">Eaze union members had successfully negotiated their first union contract in April 2024, but financial challenges endemic to California\u2019s cannabis industry, coupled with a falling out among factions of Stachs LLC\u2019s investors, led the company to liquidate and close. In November 2024, Eaze announced $10 million in Series B funding following the acquisition of select assets from Eaze Technologies, Inc. The investment funded the reopening of 70 Eaze and Green Dragon locations across California, Colorado, Florida, and Michigan, including 57 retail stores, 11 delivery hubs, and two production facilities.<\/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\">Eaze Inc. rehired a super majority of its existing workforce and recognized the UFCW in early January 2025. The company and the UFCW then swiftly negotiated a new collective bargaining agreement that minimized disruption to the business and its workforce.<\/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\">\u201cWith this contract ratification victory, Eaze cannabis delivery drivers can put the uncertainty of the past few months behind us and continue to build on the union solidarity and pride we\u2019ve been cultivating with UFCW for the last two years,\u201d said Ron Swallow, an Eaze delivery driver out of Van Nuys. \u201cWe\u2019re proud of the collective work we\u2019ve done to get to this point, and will continue fighting for fair treatment for all cannabis workers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Feb. 21, about 500 members of UFCW Locals 5, 135, 324 and 770 who work for Eaze Inc. (formerly Stachs LLC) in California ratified a new contract. 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