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.
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