By Dan Kingston on www.azmarijuana.com
Customer service agents, or “budtenders,” at Curaleaf’s midtown dispensary in Phoenix, Arizona have voted 13-to-6 in favor of unionizing, thus becoming the first marijuana employees in Arizona to join the Cannabis Workers Rising movement.
“Today’s union election marks an important milestone for cannabis workers in Arizona and across the country,” said United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 99 (UFCW 99) President Jim McLaughlin. “Curaleaf workers can now negotiate a contract that guarantees protections in the workplace, and quality health care.”
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