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US (MA): Cannabis workers at Leicester-based operation vote to unionize

Workers at Cultivate Holdings’ cultivation facility in Leicester have voted to unionize.

The workers at the facility - one of the first two recreational marijuana stores to open for adult-use sales on the East Coast - will join United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1445, according to a news release.

“This is just not a victory for cannabis workers at Cultivate, but for all cannabis workers. We’ve set a precedent by working collectively that enables us not only to survive but to thrive,” said Craig Chaplin, a Cultivate employee.

Only the agricultural employees at Cultivate voted to unionize, officials said, but there is an ongoing campaign to organize retail workers.

Read more at masslive.com

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