Posts tagged Green Thumb Industries
Does federal marijuana prohibition mean cannabis workers can’t unionize?
September 19, 2025 // That’s what so-called “trigger laws” in California, New York and Massachusetts call for: allowing workers to petition state labor-relations entities if the NLRB cannot function. That could work against cannabis companies in such blue states. In contrast, it would be a boon for anti-unionization efforts in states with weak labor laws such as Missouri, where the cannabis industry is doing comparatively well compared to other states. It’s not clear what might happen next in Michigan, where Democratic lawmakers repealed anti-union “right-to-work” laws in 2024.
Teamsters allege GTI surveilled striking employees
June 13, 2023 // The ULP alleges that GTI was reading a private Discord server between striking employees during the action. The intrusion after an attorney admitted to reading the server during the hearing, Teamsters Communication Matt McQuaid shared with GreenState.
180-plus marijuana workers unionize in Illinois and California
May 5, 2023 // A 20% wage increase over the lifetime of the agreement. More full-time positions. Guaranteed gratuities. Employer-funded retirement contributions. Meanwhile, the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 5, which represents 30,000 food and retail workers across the San Francisco Bay Area, has unionized another 80 cannabis delivery drivers at Eaze’s operations in San Jose, California.