Employees at Inexperienced Thumb Industries in Reno, Nevada final week voted to hitch the United Meals and Industrial Employees (UFCW) Native 711.
In a press release, Inexperienced Thumb employee Derrick Miles stated he and his colleagues “look ahead to bargaining a good contract.”
“Organizing together with your coworkers to carry your organization accountable is not any simple process. I’m proud to know we stepped up and stood collectively in solidarity to battle for the safety and improved working situations {that a} union contract can present. … I hope extra staff in Nevada, particularly in hashish, are emboldened to take motion after witnessing profitable campaigns like ours and others throughout the nation. The labor motion in our trade and others grows bigger day-after-day. Working individuals across the nation are becoming a member of collectively, making it obvious that sufficient is sufficient.” — Miles in a press launch
Final yr, about 60 hashish staff on the Inexperienced Thumb-owned RISE dispensary in Henderson voted to join the UFCW Native 711. In March, a complaint was filed with the Nationwide Labor Relations Board (NLRB) accusing Inexperienced Thumb of violations associated to labor regulation regarding unionization, together with, coercive guidelines, self-discipline, refusal to discount or bargaining in unhealthy religion, and repudiation or modification of contract. A previous complaint filed with NLRB accused Inexperienced Thumb of discharging workers and different self-discipline related to their unionization efforts.
In August, staff at Las Vegas’ MedMen dispensary voted to join the Native 711.
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