Employees at cannabis multistate operator Curaleaf Holdings’ midtown Phoenix store unanimously ratified their first union contract on May 1, labor officials said.
It’s the conclusion to a fight with management that stretched over four years, involved federal labor regulators, an appeal to federal court and led to the first cannabis workers strike in Arizona.
Workers at the store first voted to unionize in 2022 – the first cannabis workers in the state to set up a union. That set off a pitched battle with Curaleaf management.
Meanwhile, workers at another store in the Phoenix area voted to decertify, or kick out their union, Phoenix-based NPR affiliate KJZZ reported.
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