{"id":62035,"date":"2025-05-21T13:12:03","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T13:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/?post_type=victories&#038;p=62035"},"modified":"2025-05-21T13:12:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T13:12:04","slug":"arizona-cannabis-workers-ratify-a-first-union-contract","status":"publish","type":"victories","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/actions\/victories\/arizona-cannabis-workers-ratify-a-first-union-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Arizona Cannabis Workers Ratify a First Union 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 May 7, members of UFCW Local 99 who work at Trulieve Cannabis Corp.\u2019s central production facility on East Magnolia Street in Phoenix ratified their first union contract. This ratification marks the first time agricultural cannabis workers have been covered by a union contract in state history. The contract, which was ratified by an overwhelming margin of the workers, follows more than a year of negotiations between Trulieve and UFCW Local 99.<\/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, which covers employees who work in cannabis cultivation, post-harvest and compliance, includes:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"list\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"list-item\">\n<li>Guaranteed wage increases.<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"list-item\">\n<li>Paid holidays, vacation and sick leave.<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"list-item\">\n<li>Personal, bereavement and parental leave.<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"list-item\">\n<li>Insurance coverage for medical, dental, vision and life.<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"list-item\">\n<li>Guaranteed monthly samples.<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"tw-max-w-217 tw-m-auto tw-px-6 rich-text contained-block\" data-module=\"list-item\">\n<li>Just-cause and due process for discipline\/discharge (employees are no longer \u201cat-will\u201d).<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\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 January 25, 2024, workers at the notoriously odiferous cannabis production plant voted in an historic Arizona Agricultural Labor Relations Board (AERB) election&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/forlocals.ufcw.org\/2024\/02\/05\/arizona-cannabis-workers-make-history-by-joining-local-99\/\">to join UFCW Local 99<\/a>. At the time, workers there were the first agricultural workers in nearly a quarter century to form a union through the AERB. To date, the last and only time workers have petitioned for union recognition through the state board was in the year 2000 when employees at the now-defunct Eurofresh tomato hothouse in Willcox voted to join UFCW Local 99.<\/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\">\u201cNo matter where you work, we know that the best way to improve your working life is through a strong, union contract,\u201d said UFCW Local 99 President <strong>Jim McLaughlin<\/strong>. \u201cWith the ratification of their first contract, employees at Magnolia are helping raise the standard of living for all Arizona cannabis workers, and I could not be prouder to welcome them as the newest members of UFCW Local 99.\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\">\u201cI feel really proud of everyone at Magnolia for pushing through and having faith in what we were doing to get better pay and benefits for not just us, but everyone in the cannabis industry,\u201d said <strong>Allyson Grubbe<\/strong>, a cultivation technician who also served on the union bargaining committee. \u201cI really feel like we\u2019re setting a precedent and laying the groundwork for everyone else in the industry to get on board and unionize for the benefits and rights that we all deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 7, members of UFCW Local 99 who work at Trulieve Cannabis Corp.\u2019s central production facility on East Magnolia Street in Phoenix ratified their first union contract. 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